Erika Ayers Badan Archives

Former Barstool Sports CEO Erika Ayers Badan joins Vice Media board of directors as company pivots to sports

“I have always had so much respect for the Vice brand and mission to be an authentic and alternative voice."

"There's so much to be grateful and it provided so much and it enabled so many things, but in other ways it holds you back or it's with you."

"We didn’t know if we would make it; we still had so much road to climb. The best years were not after the Penn acquisition,"

Barstool founder Dave Portnoy said he has no plans to hire a new CEO after the departure of longtime exec Erika Ayers Badan.

"If I don’t hire you and you’re not familiar with me, you may not love the way that I communicate all the time."

Ayers Badan (formerly Nardini) had been with the company since 2016.

Barstool Sports CEO Erika Ayers Badan commented on the company's reported layoffs, which are set to affect nearly a quarter of the company.

The sports media world and even some of its own employees were stunned when Dave Portnoy bought back Barstool. Where does it go from here?

"All of this put Barstool in a tough spot."