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Dave PortnoyDave Portnoy

Barstool wouldn't be as big as it is if ESPN hadn't cancelled Barstool Van Talk

I don't think we're like the behemoth if ESPN didn't ironically create a common enemy for all of us to unite against. That is a huge moment. That was the moment that realigned kind of everybody and forced us down the path where it's gonna be us kind of together.

A counterfactual historical take that Dave strongly believes in.

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Jun 29, 2026
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The US loss to Turkey in the World Cup group stage means absolutely nothing

The second that we got scored on by Turkey in the last minute, don't really care at all that we lost that game. That game means less than nothing to us. No one's gonna remember what you did in that third game. We already advanced first in our group.

The US advanced as the top seed despite the loss, making the result literally irrelevant to their tournament survival.
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Jun 29, 2026
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Belgium's national soccer team isn't that good

I don't think that Belgium's that good. I'll say it. Maybe I'm looking past Bosnia and Herzegovina, but in Senegal path, I love it.

Belgium's tournament performance will determine if they are indeed 'not that good.'
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Jun 29, 2026
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VAR makes soccer a lot worse, especially for offsides calls.

I think that soccer is one sport that we can say the VAR it makes a lot of stuff worse. Yeah, the offsides on the VAR is so much worse.

This is a subjective opinion about the impact of VAR on the enjoyment of soccer.

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Dave PortnoyDave Portnoy

I probably would have left Barstool Sports if sports gambling wasn't legalized.

I didn't think I would stay [at Barstool], I don't know what would've happened with Barstool. I don't know what they would've done with you guys contracts, but I think I probably would've been on my own.

A factual claim about his own mindset at a specific point in time; inherently subjective to his perspective.
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Dave PortnoyDave Portnoy

Barstool's track record of avoiding offensive content is actually very good considering how much was published without an editor.

I actually think our track record is so good for the amount that we're publishing trying to be funny with no editor. And it's like that I always, it's like you going back to 2010 for one blog when you've got read everything I've ever written. But you just try and make people laugh.

This is a subjective view on the company's editorial history.
Loss
Dave PortnoyDave Portnoy

Adrian Peterson is currently better than Le'Veon Bell

[Le'Veon Bell] is the best running back in the NFL? I think Adrian Peterson is still better than he is.

In 2017, Le'Veon Bell was an All-Pro with nearly 2,000 yards from scrimmage, while Peterson was washed and split time between New Orleans and Arizona.