Will Compton and Taylor Lewan shared the main points behind their resolution to depart Barstool Sports activities.
The hosts of the favored “Bussin’ with the Boys” podcast mentioned on Tuesday’s present that their objective was to stay with Barstool and have been prepared to offer a “hometown discount” — simply not one this large.
Compton mentioned that they’d have stayed if Dave Portnoy might have gotten inside 10-20 % of their new provide, nevertheless the Barstool founder was extra like 40 % quick.
Lewan and Compton, each former NFL gamers, likened it to leaving the workforce that drafted you.
“You hate when you have to move on from them,” Compton mentioned. “Because you want that team that bet on your from the beginning, were loyal to you, that bet you on the whole time and helped and grow build you … it’s tough to get away from that.”
Compton and Lewan mentioned they acquired a proposal from a sponsor that will enable them to work independently going ahead.
The pair already owned the IP to their present and have their very own group of workers that work behind the scenes and who will likely be a part of their new enterprise.
“We are going independent,” Compton mentioned. “We’ll be exclusive with sponsors, but not with a network … We can collab with whoever we want to, we have creative control, which is exactly what ‘Bussin’ with the Boys’ wanted to be from the beginning … It’s awesome.”
Portnoy mentioned final week that he labored arduous to try to preserve Compton and Lewan.
“It sucks, I told Bussin’ I made what I think was my most aggressive move to keep them,” Portnoy mentioned on “The Unnamed Show,” per Terrible Saying.
“But this is the world that we’re in, really, and we’ve been in. Whether it’s Jenna Marbles, (Alex) Cooper, (Pat) McAfee, them, Caleb (Pressley), there’s always more value for a company taking talent than already here. But they’re like (Jared) Carrabis times a million. They got an offer that was so big, it’s like I can’t [match].”
The potential for Compton and Lewan leaving first got here up throughout the “Surviving Barstool” present, which aired over the previous month.
The truth recreation — just like the long-running CBS present, besides with Barstool workers — had a $250,000 prize to the winner.
Portnoy and Dan “Big Cat” Katz prioritized eliminating Lewan and Compton as a result of they didn’t need them profitable a giant pile of money whereas they have been seemingly headed out the door.
Nonetheless, Lewan referred to as the profitable resolution “bittersweet” and Compton expressed how a lot loyalty they each needed to the web site.
“It was tough, we took a couple of days … I am losing sleep over it. You can’t say no to this opportunity because it’s an awesome opportunity,” Compton mentioned.
