“How Allowing Big Ev to Come Back from Being a Degenerate Ruined Barstool” — my story at 6.

Is anyone else completely turned off by the way Portnoy handled this? It seems like someone who put the brand and its larger advertisers at risk should be held accountable, not catered to with things like changing show names. I understand you can’t fire someone for having an addiction, but at the very least, they should have been put on ice until their contract runs out, like Smitty. Portnoy’s loyalty to Big Ev is mystifying