Dave Portnoy seeks to bounce back from his recent financial misfortunes in the March Madness final of tonight between the Florida Gators and Houston Cougars.
The founder of Barstool Sports has had a difficult period in recent times after losing nearly $ 20 million and counted thanks to the new controversial rate of Donald Trump, which crushed the stock markets last week.
And as if it were not serious enough, Duke’s astonishing collapse in their final event Final Four with Houston cost him a Parlay of $ 200,000 this weekend.
Despite his unlucky during last week, Portnoy lost no faith by aligning another bet on the male championship match between the cougars and the Gators on Monday evening.
Houston goalkeeper Emmanuel Sharp has the power to run his fortune, the magnate supporting him to score 12 or more points in San Antonio, Texas.
As part of a special Draftkings, which also includes bets of Monday’s MLB game between the Boston Red Sox and the Blue Jays de Toronto, he will also check a section of his Parlay if one or the other team is fighting for five points to win.
Dave Portnoy is looking for a financial repurchase in the nursery room of March Madness tonight
The founder of Barstool has lost nearly $ 20 million and counting due to Donald Trump’s pricing plans
We do not know how much he bet on the four legs, but Portnoy is desperate to win one more winner before this thing is “booming” in me “in the middle of his stocks of stocks.
“I have nothing to say, I am always a little in shock,” he admitted. “But that’s what I have.
Portnoy fell from his stocks and crypto losses during a live flow from Monday morning that he held for almost an hour on X, while the markets opened up to general disorders.
The flow quickly turned into an anti-Trump rant when he revealed that he had undergone some $ 20 million in losses since the announcement of trade obstacles last week.
“It is a decision that a guy made that crushed the entire stock market,” he raged about the president. “This is why we call it Orange Monday.”
“The stock market is crushed. I lost 20% of my net value ”, he continued, before understanding how Trump during the weekend boasted of being a very weak disability ” during a senior age golf tournament in Jupiter, Florida on Sunday.
“And you are on the golf course,” added Portnoy, who has a net value of more than $ 100 million.
The barstool chief turned against Trump just a few months after launching his support behind him in the presidential election.
Portnoy says that Trump’s prices caused a significant amount of fortune
However, he insists that his fury with the 78 -year -old man is not only based on his own financial problems.
“Do you think that if I lose money, if the stock market is Tanking that only affects rich people?” He continued. “We are probably the least affected.
“Yeah, I lose $ 20 million, but I still have a lot of money … Everything shakes.
“Look at Barstool’s sports, okay?” This economy reserves. Our advertisers, who do business abroad and sell products and advertise us. They sell fewer products. It becomes more expensive. What is the first thing they cut? Advertising budgets. Advertising budgets that we obtain.
“Suddenly, we do not get as much money,” he continued, juxtaposing the two commercial models to assert his point of view. “Suddenly, I have to dismiss Nate (a member of Barstool staff) and drop people.
For these March Madness fans who wish to get on board with the action of tonight, the Gators are -118 favorites with Fanduel.
