{"id":432868,"date":"2026-01-27T14:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/432868\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:11:08","slug":"end-of-dave-portnoys-super-bowl-ban-comes-with-one-nfl-caveat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/432868\/","title":{"rendered":"End of Dave Portnoy&#8217;s Super Bowl ban comes with one NFL caveat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Portnoy\u2019s ban from the NFL is over.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Barstool Sports founder\u2019s long-running beef with the NFL has come to an end, with the league <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/26\/dave-portnoy-super-bowl-plans-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">telling TMZ on Monday<\/a> that Portnoy is good to go to the Super Bowl 2026 on Feb. 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/25\/sports\/dave-portnoy-talks-dynasty-while-reveling-in-patriots-super-bowl-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to watch his beloved Patriots <\/a>face the Seahawks at Levi\u2019s Stadium as long as he buys a ticket.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Portnoy had told the outlet before the NFL\u2019s comments to TMZ that he didn\u2019t think he was still banned and that \u201cI have 100 percent intentions to go watch the Super Bowl as a fan and enjoy it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.45454545;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38297878\" width=\"858\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/barstool-founder-ceo-dave-portnoy-114915274.jpg\" alt=\"Barstool founder and CEO Dave Portnoy speaking into a microphone.\" class=\"wp-image-38297878\"  \/>Barstool founder and CEO Dave Portnoy. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not looking for trouble. I\u2019m just looking to cue the duck boats and have another parade,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The feud between the NFL, Portnoy and subsequently Barstool Sports stems from a protest at the league\u2019s Manhattan headquarters following the suspension of Tom Brady for four games over the \u201cDeflategate\u201d scandal in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Portnoy and three other Barstool employees ended up being arrested over the sit-in protest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The NFL refused to credential Barstool Sports for the Super Bowl several years later, citing the protest as its reason.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Portnoy was also kicked out of the Big Game that same year in 2017 when the Patriots defeated the Falcons in a come-from-behind win after trailing 28-3.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38297900\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nfl-commissioner-roger-goodell-arrives-117405929.jpg\" alt=\"Roger Goodell on the field before a football game.\" class=\"wp-image-38297900\"  \/>NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell  AP<\/p>\n<p>But that now seems to be coming to an end in some fashion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBreaking: I\u2019m hearing that the NFL ban on Barstool Sports has been lifted It feels like the end of Rocky IV. This hasn\u2019t been 100% confirmed but the Cold War may be over,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stoolpresidente\/status\/2015895281540145292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Portnoy posted on X on Monday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What isn\u2019t immediately clear is whether the ban that was lifted was just for Portnoy or if the NFL will start allowing Barstool Sports employees to attend league media events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Either way, the Barstool Sports founder will get to enjoy watching the Patriots attempt to win a seventh Super Bowl without having to worry about getting kicked out this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dave Portnoy\u2019s ban from the NFL is over.\u00a0 The Barstool Sports founder\u2019s long-running beef with the NFL has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[17527,2206,349,99,1625],"class_list":{"0":"post-432868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-barstool-sports","9":"tag-dave-portnoy","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-sports-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}