Portnoy said the decision was made by Barstool’s parent company, Penn Entertainment, despite protestations from himself, Barstool CEO Erika Nardini and longtime talent Dan Katz.
“Penn paid a lot of money for Barstool and they have to make the best decisions to protect their business. I trust and respect [Penn CEO] Jay [Snowden] that he makes what he thinks is the right move and that’s all you can ask for. Doesn’t mean I’ll always agree but again he deals with things I don’t have to think or deal with.”
In addition to owning Barstool Sports, Penn operates 43 brick-and-mortar casinos in 20 states under the brands Ameristar, Boomtown and Hollywood Casino. In the video announcing the firing, Portnoy expressed shock that this was a situation that could have affected the company with regulators. Ben Mintz got fired from Barstool for saying a racial slur while reading rap lyrics aloud on a live stream.Barstool founder Dave Portnoy announced that parent company Penn required him to fire host Ben Mintz.“They believe there’s a legitimate chance lots of states could pull their licenses because of this,” said Portnoy, who himself“Penn’s a multi-billion dollar company. Without their licenses, they are a zero-dollar company.
“I still disagreed with it, and maybe I’m naive, but I’m like, ‘There is just no way anybody can look at the clip and think the punishment fits the crime.’ It makes my skin crawl thinking a guy would lose their job on an innocent mistake. Yes, horrible, but clearly no intent … It’s everything I’ve stood against for 20 years.”
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