Portnoy and Brady in social media war over Saudi | Sports News

Tom Brady ruthlessly clapped back at Dave Portnoy after the Barstool Sports founder claimed that he’ll make $75 million to look at a flag soccer match in Saudi Arabia.

In latest weeks, Portnoy has repeatedly spoken out towards Saudi Arabia’s growing affect in sports activities whereas insisting that he “can’t be bought.” On the most recent episode of FS1’s ‘Wake Up Barstool’ — which has dealt FOX Sports a large rankings blow since its debut earlier this month — the 48-year-old took goal at Brady and his alleged profitable flag soccer settlement.

Next yr, Brady is slated to compete in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic alongside lively and former NFL stars together with Rob Gronkowski, Saquon Barkley, CeeDee Lamb, Christian McCaffrey, Maxx Crosby, Myles Garrett and Sauce Gardner. The match that includes three groups coached by Pete Carroll, Sean Payton and Kyle Shanahan can be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 21, 2026.

According to Portnoy, the organizers of the occasion spared no expense to accumulate Brady’s abilities. “$75 million he got paid to do this. The fastest growing game in the world, flag football,” he stated. “And by the way, this is weird. Anybody who’s like, ‘This was normal,’ it wasn’t. It was weird.”

FOX announcer Greg Olsen might hardly imagine what he was listening to, asking: “He got $75 million? Is that real?” Portnoy confirmed it to be true, including: “Yes. That’s what I was told.”

Taking to social media, Brady swiftly refuted Portnoy’s declare whereas poking enjoyable at his obvious lie. “Are we just picking numbers out of a hat and reporting them? While we’re breaking news… Elvis is doing the halftime show, and babe Ruth is gonna sign some autographs for fans. Also I heard Dave prefers floppy pizza,” the previous quarterback wrote. “Who cares about facts right?”

Portnoy doubled-down on his reporting earlier than revealing that he provided Brady the chance to debate the deal on ‘Wake Up Barstool.’ “That’s the number I was told,” he replied. “Let the record show we did ask you to come on @wakeupbarstool to discuss. The door is always open.”

In a separate post, Portnoy continued: “By the way wouldn’t that be a compliment to @TomBrady. Nobody would turn down 75 million. What do we think the real number is then? I feel like I trusted the people who told me but either way I’d rather the number in public be higher rather than lower.”

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While selling the match alongside Saudi General Entertainment Authority chairman Turki Alalshikh final week, Brady burdened his need to grow the sport of flag soccer the world over. “I’ve always admired the power of flag football, the fastest growing sport in the world, and how it connects fans of all ages,” he stated during a press convention. “And I want to help continue the global movement in momentum that our game is having.’

“This is a first of its kind round-robin tournament that will expose even more fans to our great game while bringing them face to face with some of the biggest stars… There are already NFL games in different countries around the world, and flag football is going to be part of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. So this is an important time to continue taking the game to new places.”