Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Blasts Whiny Women’s Hockey League

Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy had some harsh advice a Women’s Hockey League after they attacked the female CEO of his company: ‘Grow a pair.’

The League had been attempting to get players and other associates to stop doing buisness with Barstool due to their history of un-PC rhetoric.

As The Daily Wire reports:

After a brouhaha erupted between the National Women’s Hockey League and Barstool Sports CEO Erika Nardini, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy released a video in which he blasted Nardini’s critics, telling them to “grow a pair.”

Nardini has been an avowed supporter of the league, even having Metropolitan Riveters players Kelly Babstock and Rebecca Russo on her Token CEO podcast, but some people in the hockey community wanted the league to eschew doing business with Barstool Sports, claiming Barstool had a history that made them unacceptable.

On Monday, Nardini posted a video dedicated to “the haters” that showed tweets and social media posts criticizing Barstool, while at the same time referencing her desire to own a team herself. Nardini wrote, “I’m not going to go anywhere; I’m going to root for them every single day, and I hope more people do too,” adding, “Everybody knows I want to buy a team. You want to help me buy a team?”

NWHL commissioner Tyler Tumminia reacted, “There is no circumstance where it would be acceptable to call out many of the reporters, staff members and fans who have given so much to women’s hockey, especially knowing that these people could be targeted or harassed on social media,” ESPN reported. Several NWHL players also slammed Mardini, with one reportedly saying Barstool Sports was “white supremacist.”

Emergency Press Conference – The NWHL Owes Erika Nardini An Apology pic.twitter.com/qpnPn54Qqa

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) January 27, 2021

AU Staff