Dave Portnoy claimed a Texas A&M basketball player ‘should be in prison’ after he nearly cost him a bet on the opening day of March Madness.
The Barstool Sports chief backed Yale to cover the 12.5 point spread and was on the brink of victory when Texas A&M led the Bulldogs 80-69 with 23.3 seconds left on the clock.
But the Aggies’ No. 2, Hayden Hefner, drove towards the basket in an attempt to add to his team’s points tally, which would have been catastrophic for Portnoy’s hopes.
Fortunately he lost control of the ball under the hoop, much to the relief of Portnoy and his colleagues. Yale went on to lose 80-71, giving Portnoy the win.
Despite that, Portnoy was furious with Hefner for almost costing him money.
‘What an a**hole,’ Portnoy said. ‘That guy is a piece of s***. Who is that guy? That guy should be in prison.’
Dave Portnoy claimed a basketball player should ‘be in prison’ after nearly costing him a bet
Hayden Hefner drove towards the basket in an attempt to add to the Aggies’ points tally
Earlier in the day, Portnoy led the charge for TV networks to time their virtual scoreboards unhurriedly during the first round of the NCAA tournament and the networks obliged.
On Thursday, Portnoy and Dan Katz starred in DraftKings and Barstool Sports’ live companion of the March Madness opening.
While watching the action, Katz called for networks to delay showing final scores to avoid spoiling results while tracking several games at once.
‘Hey @CBSSports @truTV @TBSNetwork @tntsports FIX THE F***NG SCOREBOARD ON THE TOP SO WE DONT GET SPOILED TRYING TO WATCH MULTIPLE GAMES AT ONCE!!! I WILL SKULLF***,’ Katz exclaimed on X.
Portnoy reposted his peer’s cry and wrote ‘It’s not rocket science,’ before tagging CBS, TruTV, TBS, and TNT Sports.
‘Just put everything back 30 seconds so you don’t ruin the games for everybody watching them all,’ Portnoy suggested.
‘How stupid are the people who work for you guys you haven’t figured out the score bugs ruin the games?’
Shortly after, the networks appeared to act on the problem, which Katz pointed out during their stream.
