Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy reacts after Travis Kelce pulls out of performing at their annual ‘Beer Olympics’ in Las Vegas

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy caught up with ‘Bussin’ With The Boys’ podcast host Will Compton after hearing that Travis Kelce can no longer participate in their annual Beer Olympics on June 25th.

On 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 he’s pulling out of the event.

In response, Portnoy referred to a previous event at Barstool hosted by Jeff Lowe.

“At least the whole 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 middle of winter to accommodate.’

Kelce will no longer participate in Barstool Sports’ annual event scheduled for June 25

Portnoy was referring to ‘The Dozen: Trivia Competition’ – a trivia show hosted by Lowe’s where Barstool employees compete against each other. Scheduling conflicts have been an ongoing problem for Portnoy, who previously ripped Compton to book the Beer Olympics on the same day as The Dozen.

“Will Compton booked the goddamn Beer Olympics on top of the Dozen,” Portnoy said on Barstool Yak in February.

At the time, Portnoy and Compton went back and forth on the date, but failed to work out.

‘This is my nightmare,’ said Compton, to which Portnoy replied: ‘But why would you book in the first place? The dozen was booked there first and then you booked it on top of that 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’re both scheduled at the same time, we’ve been doing it at the same time for the last two years,” Compton said. He also mentioned working on the schedules of NFL players who wanted to attend.

However, Portnoy continued to express his frustration with Compton’s planning.

The Barstool Sports boss has previously ripped off his employee for double-booking event dates

Both Jason and Travis Kelce gave valid reasons for dropping out, according to Compton

“Travis Kelce just called to tell us he can’t make the 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 Kelce — noting that it would have been around June 25 regardless. He also said the brothers gave a reason for dropping out, although he couldn’t say what it was.

Nevertheless, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle and Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner won the 2023 Beer Olympics and agreed to participate again this year.

Other attendees last year included David Bakhtiarti and Tucker Kraft of the Green Bay Packers, singer/songwriter Jelly Roll and Fox Sports rules analyst Dean Blandino.