Boston-based Campus Live is partnering with Barstool Sports for a rolling college-tour this Fall. We wonder what Campus Live, as well as the local college campuses featured on this tour, think of Barstools’ recent controversial post featuring Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’s 2-year old son.
Not sure who or what finally prompted Barstool Sports to take down their post of Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’s naked 2-year old son, but the post is gone from their site.
Possibly related, a video of the Barstool Sports’ blogger talking about the photo while sitting next to a monitor displaying it, has also been removed from YouTube. This seems to have been done by YouTube and not Barstool Sports.
Way too late, but we’re glad the offending post is finally offline.
It’s a testament to how far WEEI’s ratings have fallen that they’d even allow Barstool Sports to share their airwaves. WEEI had to know the risks, and now they’re backpedaling at a furious rate:
“No we will not have (Barstool Sports) on again. What he did was completely irresponsible. It’s not about whether he was allowed to do it or not. It’s about common decency. And he showed none.” – Jason Wolfe, vice president of programming at WEEI
John and the guys at this novelty company seem to want attention for their brand regardless of how they get it. When contacted by us and others, they aggressively defended Barstool Sports in language familiar to anyone who’s seen that blog’s comment section. Reportedly, they’ve actually bought more advertising since this controversy started.
We’re not going to bother to link to this company, but if you Google them you could find them and place an order. We look forward to watching their growth as a young company, but for now, we’re all set with the belts – thanks fellas.
“But for anybody to say this gives pedophiles ammo or I’m a pedophile or it had any sexual connotation than I promise you you’re more fucked up in the head than me. Kid has a howitzer for a 2 year old. Get over it.”
This is an excerpt – you can read the full comments here.
According to numerous people who contacted them, Spartan Race said they knew the risks of advertising on Barstool but the deal was done months ago and there was nothing they could do about it.
UPDATE 8/12/2011: After learning that their ad was placed directly next to a photo of a naked 2-year old boy, Daisy Buchanan’s in Boston decided their ad budget was better spent elsewhere.
A writeup on the situation so far from CBS Boston, and a few words from the Barstool guy:
Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy defended a post on his website that included naked photos of Tom Brady’s 2-year-old son on Friday.
The photo, posted on Boston Barstool Sports Thursday afternoon, included graphic commentary and several other photos of Benjamin Brady and his mother, Gisele Bundchen, recently seen vacationing in Chile.
A spokesman for the Norfolk district attorney’s office told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 that they will neither confirm nor deny that an investigation into Portnoy’s posting of the pictures is underway. And despite concerns raised by local advocates, in an interview with WBZ NewsRadio 1030′s Carl Stevens, Portnoy was adamant he hadn’t done anything wrong.
“I said he had a big ‘howitzer.’ So that’s not sexual. If you’re making a connection to that being sexual then I would look into the mirror is what I would say; because it’s not sexual at all,” Portnoy told Stevens.
On Friday, August 19, 2011, Barstool Sports is having a booze cruise aboard The Provincetown II. Certainly a boat that travels between two of the most open-minded places in the country doesn’t condone lewd content like this, right?
Hey Bay State Cruise Company, waddya say?
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