NFL gets out of Roger Goodell sitdown with Barstool's Dave Portnoy, who then calls commish a 'coward'

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The NFL found a way to clown the guy who had Roger Goodell depicted as a clown.

The league announced Friday that it is barring Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy from watching a "Monday Night Football" game with Goodell in the commissioner's "Fan Cave,"despitePortnoy making thewinning bid of $250,000 for the privilege during the league's April Draft-A-Thon for COVID-19 relief.

League spokesman Brian McCarthy (per SportsBusiness Daily) said Portnoy failed a required background check, citing several incidents of trespassing at the league's New York offices and a Super Bowl event, and posting a nude photo of Tom Brady's two-year-old son.

Portnoy, responding Friday evening from a waterway,called Goodell a "coward."