Talk:Barstool Sports

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Contested deletion

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because of its clear and notable prominence in the sport blog arena. It is widely cited in mainstream sports media and generates millions of page view --TheWarOfArt (talk) 22:29, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Franchises needs citation and explanation

The section on franchises could use an introductory explanation of what a franchise is (e.g., just different webpages within Barstool, or independently owned/operated; separate or shared employees, etc.), along with citations for the content in that section. ––Agyle (talk) 06:10, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Agreed, I haven't been able to find a source outside of a few mentions in the blog posts themselves that accurately describe the "franchises." I am more than ok with a different term being used. TheWarOfArt (talk) 15:23, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Link Partnerships

In addition to partnering with AOL it looks like Barstool now has link partnerships with Huffington Post among other sites but haven't been able to source it yet. Please add if someone comes across citable information. http://www.reddit.com/r/barstoolsports/comments/23llt6/huffington_post_partner/ TheWarOfArt (talk) 14:38, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 2 February 2017

Under History, 2017: In 2017, Barstool Sports opened up a location in Indianapolis, IN, to be run by former Indianapolis Colts Punter Pat McAfee, as per Pat McAfee himself (https://twitter.com/patmcafeeshow/status/827024878230454272)

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This needs cleanup.

A lot of sloppy writing here.

The site has been criticized... by critics... (You don't say?) Comments that have sparked debate include... (Maybe pretend to have NPOV? If comments spark debate then YOU the editor are claiming that they were controversial. People can become outraged over anything. Claiming that outrage was "sparked" is saying taking a stance on controversy.) 70.127.17.241 (talk) 20:56, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

History of Print Publication

After distributing the newspaper boxes at all of the local MBTA stops founder Dave Portnoy began printing the newspaper. During this time the original Barstool Logo was created using clipart. The paper included mostly sports gambling advice during this time. With columns involving Suffolk downs horse racing and Portnoy's "Mortal Locks". Throughout this era Portnoy was the only writer for the paper thus he wrote articles under pseudonyms and fake names. The ads during this time were also mostly put into the paper without companies knowing as a means to get competitors of the fake ads to pay for real ads. The paper also had a radio show during this time called power hour on 1510 the zone with Portnoy Todd McShay and Elio Imborone who rarely spoke. Thus the hour was mostly McShay and Portnoy arguing about current sports topics. Eventually, more writers came to write for Barstool although uncompensated these writers were Jamie Chisholm Pete Manzo and Jerry Thorton who is still employed by the company. Thorton has described the paper as "being the voice of the fans they really couldn't get any other place". At the time Portnoy began hiring models for photoshoots to later be displayed on the front of the paper. This was highly effective in attracting new readers. Although no actual statistics were provided Portnoy has been instant about this. After the addition of the women to the covers, bars began paying to have ads in the paper believing this would attract customers thinking the cover girls would be at the bars. This led to the first Barstool sponsored party at Ned Devine's in Faneuil Hall. In attendance were many of the barstool writers thus many readers were in attendance to meet the people writing from which they read. This fandom lead in part to the expansion with new writers and advertisers. Eventually leading to the discontinuation of the written publication and the move to blogging. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrChevaOG (talk • contribs) 15:43, 30 March 2020 (UTC) Why was this deleted

Are there reliable sources for this? Longhornsg (talk) 18:57, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Why isn't the main topic of this article about how integral posting copyrighted material is to its business model?

Latest article and reporting from The Daily Beast

Basically they found that over 40 more anonymous Twitter accounts have every indication of being controlled by Barstool. The network of fake accounts have laundered incalculable amounts of copyright-protected sports and entertainment videos and reaped billions of views over at least the last four years. One account of many Barstool used to harass the comedian Miel Bredouw , did nothing but rip and post copyrighted sports highlights and other viral clips, which were then embedded and shared by official Barstool accounts. The method was a crude but effective way for Barstool to prevent their legit accounts from accumulating DMCA strikes. The account appeared like an odd blip, a remnant of an older, rowdier, and less corporate version of Barstool. But in reality it was the tip of the iceberg and how this company makes its living.146.199.57.184 (talk) 14:41, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Your added content was removed

The justification seems to be lousy. Barstool Sports: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia Theofunny (talk) 19:11, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

Kate Mannion claim of murder by federal officers

I've reverted this edit once again. It comes from a primary source (Mannion's own Barstool Twitter account). Reliable secondary sources are essential at Wikipedia to (1) provide verifiability and (2) indicate notability. Of course the post verifies that she said it, but of course it doesn't say that her claim is false. A secondary source reacting to it would show that a reliable source has made note of it, and perhaps support that the claim was false. Any other claim that it is noteworthy, or that it is false, gets into original research territory. _signed, Willondon (talk) 19:56, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello. Per your request, I have added a secondary source proving Mannion's claim was false. PatVerbeek16 (talk) 13:53, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

I reverted that again. The secondary source doesn't mention Barstool Sports or Mannion. So it doesn't verify that the claim was false, and it doesn't show that a secondary source has taken note of the comment. To draw a conclusion from The Hill article that Mannion's claim was false requires original research, which is not accepted for Wikipedia. _signed, Willondon (talk) 15:18, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

I agree with the removal per WP:PROPORTION; if this article devoted space to every controversial social media post by a Barstool employee it would barely have room for anything else. Hatman31 (he/him · talk · contribs) 18:05, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

And I'm reverting it again, because it still doesn't indicate that the comment is noteworthy, and doesn't support that the accusation is false. Your recent edit summary: "An employee of a company whose founder is noted for his support for law enforcement falsely accused LEO's of murder in a highly publicized incident which received national news coverage. Saying this isnt "noteworthy" is a stretch. And barstool is referenced via the logo in Mannion's X profile she used to make the accusation. Yes, the incident and aftermath received widespread news coverage. The incidents are noteworthy, but that doesn't mean every published comment on it is noteworthy. And you don't have a source that says the accusations are false. What you've argued is a special kind of original research called synthesis. That's when you combine facts from a number of sources and put them together with your own analysis. Here, we've got: (1) the claim was made (primary sourced, but nobody here has doubted that Barstool/Mannion said it), (2) "...company whose founder is noted for his support for LEOs..." (no source for that, but we can take your word for it for the sake of argument), (3) the claim is false (no source for that), (4) the comment is noteworthy (when your secondary source doesn't even mention the comment). It looks like you've put these things together yourself to assert that the comment is noteworthy, perhaps because your own analysis concludes that it is ironic or hypocritical for a purported LEO supporter to host such comments. It's all original research. _signed, Willondon (talk) 13:25, 26 April 2026 (UTC)