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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy criticized ‘Bussin’ With The Boys podcast host Will Compton after learning that Travis Kelce can no longer attend his annual Beer Olympics on June 25.
In the latest installment of Bussin With The Boys, Compton told former NFL lineman Taylor Lewan that he received a call from the three-time Super Bowl champion, telling him that he is withdrawing from the event.
In response, Portnoy referred to a previous event at Barstool hosted by Jeff Lowe.
“At least the entire company wasn’t running around with chickens that had their 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 middle of winter to accommodate.”
Dave Portnoy criticized Will Compton after Travis Kelce withdrew from Beer Olympics
Kelce will no longer attend the annual Barstool Sports event scheduled for June 25
Portnoy was referring to ‘The Dozen: Trivia Competition,’ a trivia show hosted by Lowe, where Barstool employees compete against each other. Scheduling conflicts have been a constant problem for Portnoy, who previously criticized Compton for booking the Beer Olympics on the same day as The Dozen.
“Will Compton booked the fucking Beer Olympics in the top ten,” Portnoy said at the Barstool Yak in February.
At that time, Portnoy and Compton discussed the date but were unable to resolve it.
“This is my nightmare,” Compton said, to which Portnoy responded: “But why would you book first?” The Dozen was reserved there first, and then you reserved it on top and no one told me until later. I couldn’t believe I found out about this scheduling conflict today.’
“I can’t help it that they’re 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 wanted to participate.
However, Portnoy continued to express frustration with Compton’s scheduling.
Barstool Sports boss previously criticized his employee for booking double event dates
Both Jason and Travis Kelce provided valid reasons for dropping out according to Compton.
“Travis Kelce just called to let us know he can’t participate in the Beer Olympics,” Compton said of his “brutal” call with the Chiefs star.
‘But hey, forward and upward. We lost a good soldier. Two good soldiers,” he said, referring to Kelce and her older brother, Jason.
Compton later explained in The Yak that he moved the Beer Olympics a few days to accommodate the Kelces, noting that it would have been around June 25 anyway. He also shared that the brothers gave a reason for dropping out of school, although he couldn’t share what it was.
However, 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.