Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy jabbed at ‘Bussin’ With The Boys’ podcast host Will Compton after learning that Travis Kelce can no longer attend their annual Beer Olympics on June 25.
In the latest installment of Bussin With The Boys, Compton told ex-NFL lineman Taylor Lewan that he received a call from the three-time Super Bowl Champion, telling him he is withdrawing from the event.
As a response, Portnoy referred to a previous event at Barstool hosted by Jeff Lowe.
‘At least the entire company wasn’t running around with chickens with our heads cut off to accommodate them,’ Portnoy captioned a clip of Compton addressing the situation.
‘Poor @JeffDLowe had to move the Dozen to Siberia in the dead of winter to accommodate.’
Dave Portnoy jabbed at Will Compton after Travis Kelce pulled out from the Beer Olympics
Kelce will no longer attend Barstool Sports’ annual event scheduled for June 25
Portnoy was referring to ‘The Dozen: Trivia Competition’ – a trivia show hosted by Lowe, where Barstool employees compete with each other. Schedule conflicts have been an ongoing issue for Portnoy, who previously ripped at Compton for booking the Beer Olympics on the same day as The Dozen.
‘Will Compton booked the f***ing the Beer Olympics on top of the Dozen,’ Portnoy said on the Barstool Yak in February.
At the time, Portnoy and Compton went back and forth on the date but failed to resolve.
‘This is my nightmare,’ Compton said, to which Portnoy replied: ‘But why would you book first? The Dozen was booked there first, and then you booked it on top of it and no one told me until after. I couldn’t believe I found out about this scheduling conflict today.’
‘I can’t help that they are both scheduled at the same time, we’ve done it at the same time the last two years,’ Compton said. He also cited working with the schedules of NFL players who wished to participate.
However, Portnoy continued to express his frustration over Compton’s scheduling.
The Barstool Sports chief previously ripped at his employee for double-booking event dates
Both Jason and Travis Kelce provided valid reasons for dropping out according to Compton
‘Travis Kelce just called to let us know that he can’t do Beer Olympics,’ Compton said of his ‘brutal’ call with the Chiefs star.
‘But hey, onward and upward. We lost a good soldier. Two good soldiers,’ he said, referring to Kelce and his older brother, Jason.
Compton later explained on The Yak that he moved the Beer Olympics a few days to accommodate the Kelces – noting that it would have been around June 25 regardless. He also shared that the brothers provided a reason for dropping out, though he could not share what it was.
Nevertheless, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle and Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner won the Beer Olympics in 2023 and agreed to participate again this year.
Other participants last year included David Bakhtiarti and Tucker Kraft of the Green Bay Packers, singer/songwriter Jelly Roll, and Fox Sports rules analyst Dean Blandino.