Will Compton, Taylor Lewan address ‘Bussin With The Boys’ exit from Barstool

With it being official that “Bussin’ With The Boys” would no longer be at Barstool Sports, the boys themselves have addressed the move.

Will Compton and Taylor Lewan spoke on the change during the latest episode of their show on Tuesday.

“There’s been a lot of speculation about our brand and, um, yeah, we’re moving on from Barstool Sports,” Compton stated.

As Dave Portnoy had mentioned on Friday, Compton said he and Lewan just received an offer in their negotiations that they weren’t able to turn down rather than returning for less at Barstool.

“We can start on the surface. What pulled us away from Barstool was we had a massive offer – an offer that, ultimately, we could not say no to,” said Compton. “Ultimately, it was one sponsor that had a bigger offer than what Barstool was able to put together as a whole…I wanted (Portnoy) to know we do want to come back and, if you can make this competitive, like, we will still be here. And, ultimately, he couldn’t, he just couldn’t do it. He couldn’t go up that high…If you think about taking a hometown discount, you’re thinking, what, a 10 to 20%. If he can get, like, within that range then it’s probably doable. He couldn’t get, like, within 40%.”

However, both of them expressed openly that they wished that ‘Bussin’ With The Boys’ could have remained there as they even had a moment of silence at the end of their explanation on the podcast. Still, only the kind of deal that they received would’ve been able to get them to move on from the brand and they got it.

“We wanted to stay with Barstool,” said Compton. “Just like when we extended a couple years ago, we wanted to stay with Barstool.”

“The conversation going into what could be, you know, out there outside of Barstool or Barstool itself was we love being apart of the ecosystem. We love the guys there, the camaraderie, the locker room vibes. Like, Barstool is truly a company, and Dave said it on ‘The Unnamed Show’. Like, people don’t want to leave Barstool for a reason,” said Lewan. “We have, for whatever reason, positioned ourselves to where other people, other, you know, sponsors want to be a part of ‘Bussin’ With The Boys’ in a big way…Someone would have to truly pull us away from Barstool to walk away.”

For more, Compton and Lewan spent just over forty minutes breaking down the decision on the bus this morning.

They have yet to announce who outbid Barstool, though, and where they’re headed next now that they won’t be returning to Barstool.