There is First class. There is simple class. There is no class.
Then there is David Portnoy.
The man behind "Barstool Sports" issued a self-aggrandizing and pathetically zero class video to celebrate the latest demise of the website, "Deadspin". Sure, there's something to be said for healthy competition. But when a multi-millionaire takes great delight in seeing real journalists, (something of which he has never employed in the life of his often-insulting juvenile web products), fired and without work in a difficult time for media employment, then it takes on a new and bottom-feeding level.
Portnoy has become wealthy from shoveling to the lowest common denominator, so this is nothing surprising. I know. I was there when he started his company.
It is possible to be a winner and have class. It is also possible to not be a raging jerk in denigrating people when they are at their lowest point. It is possible to communicate a level of professionalism and to rise above every fray.
Think about taking that better road should something like this cross your path. Portnoy will just mock them for nothing more than frat boy social media gratification.
Be better than Dave Portnoy. It's not difficult at all.
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