Taylor Lewan, Will Compton, Dave Portnoy.
Getty Images(3)Contract negotiations are a hot topic, especially when Barstool Sports figures are involved.
The hosts of the “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast Will Compton And Taylor Lewan are negotiating a new deal with the media company and while it could have hurt their chances of winning Surviving Bar Stool season 4, it also raised questions about the former NFL stars’ future in Barstool.
“Right now, the ‘Bussin’ With the Boys’ team is in negotiations to get a bag on the next contract,” Compton explained during his speech. Surviving Bar Stool confessional in January 2025. “You have to think, if you are Dave (Portnoy) And Dan (“Big Cat” Katz)you can’t let the guys from “Bussin With the Boys” run wild and win $250,000.
The former footballer, who won season 3 in 2024, was dropped from the show shortly after his co-host, Lewan.
“Winning a quarter of a million dollars and then potentially launching both of us at the end of the year,” Compton continued. “Then my hat goes.” End of cap. Dave, Big Cat, excellent game boys.
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Compton, a former NFL linebacker, signed with the Washington Commanders as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He joined the Tennessee Titans in 2018 for one year before signing with the New Orleans Saints in 2019 and later with the Las Vegas Raiders. He returned to the Titans for a second stint in 2020 before returning to the Raiders in late 2021. In September 2023, Compton announced his retirement from professional football.
Lewan, meanwhile, was drafted as a tackle for the Titans in 2014 and remained with the organization for his entire career, which ended in 2023 after sitting out the 2022 season with a knee injury .
When did ‘Bussin’ With the Boys’ join Barstool?
Compton and Lewan launched the podcast with the Barstool Sports Network in 2019.
How much money do “Bussin” podcast hosts make with the boys?
Compton spoke about the deals he and Lewan made with Barstool during an April 2024 episode of the “Next Up With Adam” podcast.
“Originally, (Barstool said) we’re going to do it 50/50, you get the IP. We said no, but we will go 60/40 and as soon as we eclipse $1 million, it will go up to 70/30 (in) our favor,” the former athlete explained. “They were OK with it, and then I was like, ‘F—, I think we played ourselves.'”
Their “second deal” with the company was considered a “competitive offer,” which meant they couldn’t shop their show. Compton said he and Lewan have since formed a “beneficial” partnership with Barstool.
“Me, personally, I wanted to resign with Barstool. I think they’re the best brand for us right now,” Compton said. “We end up settling for $3 million a year. This has an advantage: every dollar earned after $3 million.
Does “Bussin” with the boys renew their sports contract with bar stool?
After Compton said the “Bussin’ With the Boys” co-hosts were in contract negotiations on Surviving Bar StoolBig Cat confirmed the former NFL star’s speculation.
“Dave and I didn’t want Taylor or Will to win $250,000 in cash on the Barstool networks and then be like, ‘Oh, by the way, we’re going to a competitor,’ two seconds later,” Big Cat said during from an interview in January. Episode 2025 of the competition series.
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Portnoy spoke about it in more detail during an episode of “The Unnamed Podcast” that same month.
“While filming Surviving Barstool, I thought we were going to quit them, but going in I knew they were evaluating,” the Barstool Sports founder noted. “They had an offer. They said: “We are going to look at the world, see what it is. »
Portnoy “didn’t want to” hand one of them $250,000 from winning the game and make them leave the company. When asked during the same podcast episode if Compton and Lewan were leaving the company, Portnoy played coy. “I’m going to let them handle things the way they want,” he said.
During the Surviving Bar Stool final in January 2025, the question remained unanswered.
“When we played that game, I thought they were coming back to Barstool,” Portnoy said. (Surviving Bar Stool was filmed in September 2024. The contestants returned for a live finale and reunion in January 2025.)
Compton hinted that “negotiations are still ongoing” with the series.
“The future of ‘Bussin’ with us has nothing to do with this show,” Portnoy clarified. Currently, episodes of the “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast still air under the Barstool name.
