Barstool Sports dropped from Fox's Big Noon Kickoff; Portnoy blames Ohio State
Fox Sports has removed Dave Portnoy and other Barstool personalities from its college football pregame show Big Noon Kickoff. Portnoy blames Ohio State and coach Ryan Day, while sources told The Athletic no single incident caused it.
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The story, neutrally told
Centre · 1Dave Portnoy and other Barstool Sports personalities will no longer appear on Fox Sports' college football pregame show "Big Noon Kickoff", according to a report by The Athletic's Andrew Marchand on Friday night. NewsweekN “Portnoy and other Barstool personalities will no longer appear on Fox's flagship college football pregame show.” Read at Newsweek ↗ Right · 1Portnoy was told of the decision on Friday, less than 24 hours before the show was due to broadcast from Minneapolis ahead of Michigan's game against Minnesota. Just the NewsRC “a decision that came less than 24 hours before the program was scheduled to broadcast from Minneapolis ahead of Michigan's game against Minnesota” Read at Just the News ↗ Mixed · 2The move comes just over a year after Fox brought Portnoy into the show as part of its partnership with Barstool. NewsweekN “The decision came just over a year after FOX brought Portnoy into the fold as part of its partnership with Barstool.” Read at Newsweek ↗ Just the NewsRC “after Barstool and Fox began working together last fall” Read at Just the News ↗
Mixed · 2Portnoy blamed Ohio State and head coach Ryan Day, writing on X that they complained to the Big Ten and threatened Fox "till they had no choice", and saying "Juice wasn't worth the squeeze". NewsweekN “Ohio State and Ryan Day [expletive] and moaned to the Big 10 and threatened Fox till they had no choice,” Read at Newsweek ↗ Just the NewsRC ““Juice wasn’t worth the squeeze,” Portnoy wrote” Read at Just the News ↗ Right · 1Just the News reports Portnoy's claim that Day had repeatedly pressured Fox over his presence on the show and that the network decided the relationship was no longer worth the complications. Just the NewsRC “Portnoy claimed that Ohio State and Day had repeatedly pressured Fox over his presence on the show.” Read at Just the News ↗ Centre · 1Fox has not publicly explained the decision. Sources told The Athletic that no single incident triggered it and that there was no one specific reason for the abrupt timing, but that the constant challenge of uniting Fox's more traditional show with Barstool's persona had proved unsustainable. NewsweekN “Fox has not publicly explained the decision”“the constant challenge of trying to unite Fox Sports’ more traditional show with Barstool’s persona proved unsustainable.” Read at Newsweek ↗
Centre · 1Portnoy, a Michigan alum, has long criticised Ohio State and Day. Last year he claimed Ohio State had banned him from its home stadium, though the university pointed the blame back at Fox. NewsweekN “Last year, he claimed that Ohio State had banned him from their home stadium, though the university pointed the blame back at Fox.” Read at Newsweek ↗ Centre · 1The split is not total: "Wake Up Barstool" remains on FS1 and Barstool's own college football programming continues, while Fox plans to proceed with its traditional lineup on Big Noon Kickoff. NewsweekN “"Wake Up Barstool" remains on FS1, and Barstool's own college football programming is continuing.” Read at Newsweek ↗
Every sentence links to the reporting it rests on. The pill in front of each says where its sources sit: Left, Centre or Right when one side supplies at least half of them, Mixed when they are evenly split. The number is how many outlets it cites.
Left0 outlets
No left outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.
Centre1 outlet
- Framing
- Reports the removal via The Athletic and Portnoy's response, balancing his blame of Ohio State with anonymous sources' different explanation and background on his Ohio State feud.
- Emphasis
- Fox's silence, sources' account, the continuing Barstool presence on FS1.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Does not mention the Minneapolis broadcast timing.
- Charged language
- “Ohio State Ban Caused”
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“Ohio State and Ryan Day [expletive] and moaned to the Big 10 and threatened Fox till they had no choice,” — Newsweek
Right1 outlet
- Framing
- Short piece centred on Portnoy's accusation against Day, presented as his claim, with timing details.
- Emphasis
- Portnoy's claim that Day repeatedly pressured Fox; the Minneapolis/Michigan-Minnesota timing.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Omits The Athletic's sources, Fox's silence, the continuing Barstool programming and the earlier stadium-ban dispute.
- Charged language
- “pointed the finger”
- For example
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“Portnoy claimed that Day had repeatedly pressured Fox over his presence on the show.” — Just the News
What every side reports
- Portnoy and Barstool personalities are out of Fox's Big Noon Kickoff.
- Portnoy was told on Friday, shortly before a broadcast.
- Portnoy blames Ohio State and Ryan Day.
- The partnership began about a year ago.
Where accounts differ
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Why Barstool was removed
- Centre
- Portnoy blames Ohio State and Day, but The Athletic's sources said no single incident or reason drove it; the mix of Fox's traditional show and Barstool's persona proved unsustainable. Fox has not explained.
- Right
- Leads with Portnoy's claim that Day repeatedly pressured Fox; does not report The Athletic's sources' account.
Dave Portnoy person
Says Ohio State and Ryan Day pressured Fox and the Big Ten until the network had no choice, and that he doesn't blame Fox.
“Juice wasn't worth the squeeze and frankly I don't blame them.” — Newsweek
Ohio State organisation
No response to this decision is reported; last year it pointed blame for Portnoy's stadium ban back at Fox.
“though the university pointed the blame back at Fox” — Newsweek
Left0 articles
No coverage yet.
Centre1 article
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Ohio State Ban Caused Dave Portnoy, Barstool Sports to be Kicked off Fox Sports
Mixed Headline states Ohio State's ban as the cause, while the body attributes it to Portnoy and gives the sources' differing explanation.
Right1 article
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Dave Portnoy blames Ohio state football coach for sudden exit from 'Big Noon Kickoff'
Neutral Brief account framed around Portnoy's accusation that Day pressured Fox.
- 3 Oct 18:27 First NewsweekN Ohio State Ban Caused Dave Portnoy, Barstool Sports to be Kicked off Fox Sports
- 5 Oct 00:04 +29h 36m Just the NewsRC Dave Portnoy blames Ohio state football coach for sudden exit from 'Big Noon Kickoff'
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