Chiefs vs Bills: Barstool’s Dave Portnoy Criticizes NFL Referees in Controversial Playoff Victory

Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy is quitting sports gambling – again. In his announcement, Portnoy joined the millions of NFL fans around the world who slammed the refereeing in Sunday night’s AFC championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills. The Chiefs are headed to their third straight Super Bowl and a chance to be the first “Three Peat” winner in Super Bowl history after their 32 – 29 victory, but many fans are crying foul over what they believe were rulings made by officials deliberately to aid the Chiefs.

Dave Portnoy took to Twitter after the game to join he conspiracy theorists declaring, “This is the most disgusting thing. I’m not watching football ever again. I quit football. I quit.”

The “disgusting thing” in Portnoy’s mind were the calls made in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs, and there were many.

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“The biggest hosejob I’ve ever f—king seen,” Portnoy said over a video lip he shared in the post of one of the “bad calls” made during the game.

Dave Portnoy, like millions who watched the game, thought that after the play in question the ball should have been spotted passed the first down marker.

“First of all, the third-and-3 play, this spot is disgusting. Knee’s not down,” he said. “This is a first down. So that spot, off. That’s a bad spot right there by, I don’t know, half a yard right there? And then we’re gonna go for it on fourth down, which we all know what happens.”

Portnoy pointed a finger of blame clearly at the referees saying, “But the fact that these refs, who decides where … first of all, this is clearly a first down. It’s like not even f–king close. And then what is this? That one ref is way past and another one’s a foot off, you just randomly decide where you’re throwing the football? What if the other guy got the spot?”

The Kansas City Chiefs will face the Philadelphia Eagles in two weeks in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans in two weeks, in a rematch of Super Bowl LVII two year ago that Kansas City won 38 – 35.

Founded in 2003 in Milton, Massachusetts, Barstool Sports is a digital media company that produces content focused on sports and pop-culture. Barstool Sports began as a small blog, but it quickly grew into one of the most popular sports websites in the world. The site is known for its irreverent humor and its coverage of a wide range of topics, including sports, pop culture, and current events.

Dave Portnoy bought back Barstool Sports for just $1 from Penn Entertainment, which had spent a total of $551 million in acquiring it. In 2019, Penn Entertainment paid Portnoy $163 million for a 36% stake in the firm. And then earlier this year it paid another $388 million for the rest of Barstool Sports. Penn unloaded Barstool because it expected the company to lose as much as $800 million.

Born on March 22, 1977, in Swampscott, Massachusetts, David Portnoy is an American businessman, blogger, and podcaster and gambler. He is the founder and owner of Barstool Sports, a sports and pop culture blog. Portnoy is known for his controversial and outspoken personality. He has been criticized for his comments about women and minorities, but he also has a large and loyal following.