Dave Portnoy quitting football after ref controversy costs him $1M Bills Super Bowl bet

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was fed up with the referees and ready to quit football on a night where his $1 million Bills bet backfired.After the Bills were stopped short on a fourth-and-1 call early in the fourth quarter of their AFC Championship game loss to the Chiefs, Portnoy posted a 52-second video to X where he ranted about the spot after Buffalo’s third-down completion, the spot on fourth down, the referees determining everything and how “I quit football.”“This is the most disgusting thing,” Portnoy said.“I’m not watching football ever again.

I quit football.I quit.”Portnoy said in a video earlier in the week that he bet $1 million — which he said he made from President Donald Trump’s new cryptocurrency meme coin — on the Bills to win Super Bowl 2025, which would’ve made him a $5.5 million profit if Buffalo defeated the Chiefs on Sunday and then the Eagles two weeks later.And at the time of the controversial play, the Bills were leading the Chiefs, 22-21, and had just crossed midfield when faced with a third-and-3.Allen completed a short pass to Kincaid, but the tight end’s knee was ruled down before he reached the first-down marker.Then, after the Bills lined up, the Chiefs stuffed Allen on another Tush Push — a play they successfully shut down the entire game.But Portnoy thought that Allen had gotten enough for a first down and blasted the two officials for their location when making the ruling. “The biggest hosejob I’ve ever f—king seen,” Portnoy said to start the clip before the third-down snap occurred.

“First of all, the third-and-3 play, this spot is disgusting.Knee’s not down.

This is a first down.So that spot, off.

That’s a bad spot right there by, I don’t know, half a yard right there? And then we’re gonna go for it on fourth down, which we all know what happens. “But the fact that these refs, who decides where … first of all, this is clearly a first down.It’s like not even f–kin...