State of The Union - A Letter to my Barstool Colleagues
Another day, another article written about me by someone I've never met. I guess at the end of the day I'm glad that it's getting them clicks and comments, I'm here for the team. If I gave a fuck about what people thought about me I would have stopped making content 3 years ago. So by all means keep posting about me, I love free advertising.
Correct me if I'm wrong, the majority of this "hate" is coming from me making $100k a year and that I bet 67% on the NFL last year.
Let's start with the $100k, KFC said I should have taken $75k not $100K. Funny you say that boss man, because I told Dave I would have signed for $50K.
This job was never about the money for me. I truly love this fucking company and will continue to pour everything I have into it while I'm here. KFC doesn't like me, and I don't like him, but I respect him for everything he contributed to this company, and that will never change. I would have signed a contract for $35k and did my laundry at the closest laundry coin.
People are acting as if I won a bet where the team was -350 and I was guaranteed to win. I bet on a 7-point underdog to go into TD Garden and win outright. If I lost the bet do you think Dave would have hit me up and said "hey dude I was just kidding you don't have to get the Dave was right tattoo", FUCK NO. I'd be walking around with a 3-Leaf Clover that said "Dave was right" for the rest of my life. I only got a one year contract, so why on Earth would I ask for less money than what I was offered? It's easy to take the high road when you're not in the driver seat.
As for betting 67% on the NFL, it happened. What do you want me to do about it? I'm not lying, my picks were tweeted out every single Sunday and given out every Wednesday on my gambling podcast. It happened, it was the greatest run of my life, why would I not be proud of that??? Not many people will have a run like that in their entire life, so why on Earth would I not own that shit? Some of you are acting like I'm a child trafficker, and if that's how you feel so be it, I really don't give a fuck. I won a bunch of bets and it was awesome.
I know how blessed I am to be here. I'm beyond grateful, and this opportunity is something I'll never take for granted. If I didn't love this company do you think I would have balled my eyes out the way I did after I won? You can hate me all you want, but I truly care about this company, and that will never change. My story is one of a kind, but to act like I wasn't scratching and clawing to get this opportunity is insanity. I remember the days of grinding on a video all day just to have 50 people watch it, sending my videos to every contact in my phone just for them to give me a thumbs up or not even answer. Go sell health insurance for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, then go home and grind out content. Just because I wasn't in the in the office doesn't mean I wasn't working to get IN the office.
As for Karim there's no point in me trading blows with him over blogs. I'm the worst writer in the company, and in my opinion, he's one of the best. It'd be like a meth head trying to rap battle Eminem. The office had no power, AC, or internet, so yeah, I went and drank a beer on my birthday, kill me. Keep writing about me, I genuinely love seeing my face on the website everyday, and let face it, it's doing all of you a favor. I'm giving you something to write about in the dog days of summer.
As far as I'm concerned they just love to hate me.