Dave Portnoy reveals 'weird' government call offering job; says he would've had to stop running Barstool

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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy revealed the United States government reached out to him about a position within its ranks. 

Portnoy described the call he got from someone within the government as "weird" in a video posted to his X account. 

He said he mentioned the call he got during an appearance with Fox News’ and Fox Business’ Stuart Varney but "nobody paid attention."

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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy believes he has built up enough trust with his audience that he could build a news outlet that covers the White House. (Getty)

But while he didn’t have interest in the job, he did find one big requirement to be quite odd. 

"I got a call, I don’t know, a couple months ago? I don’t know when I got the call," Portnoy explained. "It was like, ‘Hey, would you have any interest, Dave, in joining the Department of Commerce – commerce secretary under [Howard] Lutnick, or the guy working under him.’ 

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"But a caveat of joining the government is somebody would have to run Barstool. You can’t run Barstool and work for the government. I guess Elon [Musk] doesn’t have a specific title, but you kinda want your CEO with the eye on the ball, right?"

Before explaining the call, Portnoy raised a question about Musk’s work as CEO of Tesla while also carrying out his duties with DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency, during the Trump administration. 

Dave Portnoy believes "credibility with the audience" is a key to success. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

"The one thing I do wonder with Elon, he’s the