Taylor Lewan, Will Compton, Dave Portnoy.
Getty Images (3)Contract negotiations are a hot topic, especially when people from Barstool Sports are involved.
Hosts of the “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast. Will Compton and Taylor Lewan are in the middle of negotiating a new contract with the media company and although that could hurt their chances of winning The surviving bar table season 4, also raised questions about the future of former NFL stars at Barstool.
“Right now, the ‘Bussin’ With the Boys’ crew is in negotiations for their next contract,” Compton said during his The surviving bar table 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 the third season in 2024, was axed from the series shortly after his co-host Lewan.
“To win a quarter of a million dollars and then potentially give us twos at the end of the year,” Compton continued. “So, hats off to me. Top of the cap. Dave, Big Cat, great players.”
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Who ‘plays’ with the boys’ hosts?
Compton, a former NFL lineman, 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 the Las Vegas Raiders. Returned to the Titans for a second term in 2020 before returning to the Raiders at the end of 2021. Until September 2023 Compton announced his retirement from professional football.
Lewan, meanwhile, was drafted as a player by the Titans in 2014 and remained with the organization for the rest of his 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 a podcast with the Barstool Sports Network in 2019.
How Much Do ‘Bussin’ With the Boys’ Podcast Hosts Make?
Compton talked about the deals he and Lewan made with Barstool during an April 2024 episode of the show. “Next Up With Adam” podcast..
“Originally, (Barstool said) we’re going to go 50/50, you guys are going to get the IP. We said no, but we’ll go 60/40 and as soon as we win a million dollars, it goes 70/30 (in) our favor,” the former athlete explained. “They went along with it, and then I said, ‘Y—, I think we were fucking playing ourselves.'”
Their “second deal” with the company was considered a “competing offer,” meaning they couldn’t shop their show around. Compton said he and Lewan have since formed a “beneficial” partnership with Barstool.
“I personally wanted to quit Barstool. I think they’re the best brand for us right now,” Compton said. “In the end, we settled on $3 million per year. We have a good side to it, every dollar earned after $3 million.”
Does it have to do with the guys renewing their sports contract for the bar table?
After Compton stated that the hosts of “Bussin’ With the Boys” are in the middle of contract negotiations on The surviving bar tableBig 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 two seconds later be like, ‘Oh, by the way, we’re going to the contestant,'” Big Cat said during the January 2025 episode of the contestant series.
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Portnoy went on to talk about it during an episode from “The Unnamed Podcast” that same month.
“During the filming of (Surviving Barstool), I thought we were going to fire them, but going in, I knew they were evaluating,” the Barstool Sports founder noted. “They had an offer. They said, ‘We’ll look at the world, see what it is.'”
Portnoy “wasn’t going to” give one of them $250,000 from winning the game and force them to leave the company. When asked during the same episode of the podcast if Compton and Lewan were leaving the company, Portnoy was coy. “I’ll let them deal with it as they wish,” he said.
During The surviving bar table final in January 2025, the question remained unanswered.
“When we played that game, I thought they were going back to Barstool,” Portnoy said. (The surviving bar table was filmed in September 2024. The contestants returned for live finale and reunion in January 2025)
Compton hinted that “negotiations are still ongoing” with the series.
“Bussin’s future with us has nothing to do with this show,” Portnoy clarified. From now on, “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast. episodes are still published under the name Barstool.