Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, revealed that the US government had contacted him about his position within its ranks.
Portnoy described the phone call he got from someone in the government as “strange” in a video he posted to him X Account.
He mentioned the calls he got while appearing on Fox News and Fox Business's “Stuart Varney,” but said “no one paid attention.”
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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy believes he has built enough trust with his audience to help him build a news outlet that covers the White House. (Getty)
However, he was not interested in the work, but he found one major requirement because he was very strange.
“I got a call a few months ago, don't you know? I don't know when I got the call,” Portnoy explained. “It's like, 'Hey, do you have any interest, Dave, to join the Department of Commerce – Secretary of Commerce below. [Howard] Lutonic, or the man working under him. ”
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“But the warning that you're joining the government is that someone has to run a bar stool. You can't run a bar stool and work for the government. I guess Elon. [Musk] There's no specific title, but you want a CEO with an eye on the ball, right? ”
Before explaining the phone, Portnoy raised questions about Musk's job as Tesla's CEO during the Trump administration, performing his duties with Doge, the government's efficiency department.
Dave Portnoy believes that “reliability with the audience” is the key to success. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
“One of the things Elon and I wonder about is clearly Tesla CEO and he does all this dog stuff, and I think that's good,” Portnoy said. “Take away government waste, I'm for that. But how do you run Tesla when you're working 24/7 on Doge?”
Returning to the phone he received, he said Portnoy was just that.
“By the way, even if I wanted to do that, they never followed up,” he said. “They said, 'You can find someone to run the bar stool and tell me if they're interested. If they're interested, I'll call you in a week for the next step.' It was strange because it never happened. ”
Barstool founder and CEO Dave Portnoy will be seen before the Florida Atlantic Owl and Loyola (IL) Ramblers Game at the Barstool Invitational at Wintrust Arena on November 8, 2023 in Chicago. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
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Portnoy doesn't seem interested in not being able to run Barstool Sports, which was founded in 2003 and is embedded in a highly successful media brand.
Meanwhile, as of March 3rd, Doge was Musk & Co. has claimed it would save $105 billion since investigating lease terminations, contract cancellations and more.
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