‘I Don’t Penalize Winners’: Barstool’s Dave Portnoy Offers Job to Michigan Football Staffer Suspended for Alleged Sign Stealing
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Dave Portnoy wants Michigan’s suspended staffer at Barstool.
Last week, the University of Michigan football team announced it was being investigated amid allegations that the team stole the play signs of its opponents. As a result of this investigation, staffer Connor Stalions was suspended with pay by the university. He’s alleged to have purchased tickets for more than 30 games over the last three years and having people across the country attend the games. Once at the games, these people would record the sidelines of Michigan’s future opponents to learn their signs.
Since 1994, in-person, off-campus scouting has been banned in the NCAA. Despite this, multiple college coaches have come out and implied it’s not that big a deal — including Colorado head coach Deion Sanders.
Coach Prime on the Michigan sign stealing
“You can have someone’s whole game plan, they can mail it to you, you still gotta stop it”
— Barstool Colorado (@CUBarstool) October 24, 2023
Coach Rhule touches on sign stealing and if he noticed it when they played vs. #Michigan 👀 pic.twitter.com/NsZQDtXNY3
— 247Huskers (@247Huskers) October 23, 2023
Portnoy is among those who think the issue is being blown out of proportion. On Wednesday, he publicly offered Stalions a job with Barstool.
“Conor Stalians has a standing offer for employment at Barstool Sports,” Portnoy said. “I’d be proud to hire a Marine, a Michigan Man, and a born leader. We’d be lucky to have him. I don’t penalize winners. I promote them.”
Conor Stalians has a standing offer for employment at Barstool Sports. I’d be proud to hire a Marine, a Michigan Man, and a born leader. We’d be lucky to have him. I don’t penalize winners. I promote them.
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) October 25, 2023
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