Taylor Lewan, Will Compton, Dave Portnoy.
Getty Images (3)Contract negotiations are a hot topic, especially when Barstool Sports personalities are involved.
Host of the “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast. Will Compton AND Taylor Lewan are in the middle of negotiating a new deal with the media company and while it may have hurt their chances of winning Surviving Barstool season 4, it also raised questions about the future of former NFL stars at Barstool.
“Right now, the ‘Bussin’ With the Boys’ crew is in negotiations for a bag for the next contract,” Compton said during it. Surviving Barstool narrator in January 2025. “You have to think, if so Dave (Portnoy) AND Dan (“Big Cat” Katz)you can’t have ‘Bussin With the Boys’ wild, making $250,000.”
The former footballer, who won Season 3 in 2024, was voted off the show shortly after his companion, Lewan.
“Making a quarter of a million dollars and then throwing us at the end of the year at the end of the year,” Compton continued. “So, my hat goes off. Top of the cap. Dave, Big Cat, great game guys.”
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Who are ‘Bussin’ with the Boy Hosts?
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 Las Vegas Raiders. He returned to the Titans for a second spell in 2020 before returning to the Raiders in late 2021. By September 2023, Compton announced his retirement from professional football.
Meanwhile, Lewan was drafted as a tight end to the Titans in 2014 and stayed with the organization for the duration 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 started the podcast with the Barstool Sports Network in 2019.
How much money do the hosts of the ‘Bussin’ with Boys’ podcast make?
Compton talked about the deals he and Lewan made with Barstool during an April 2024 episode of the “Next Up With Adam” podcast.
“Initially, (Barstool said) we’re going 50/50, you guys get the IP. We said no, but we’re going 60/40 and the minute we eclipse $1 million, it goes up to 70/30 (in) our favor,” the former athlete explained. “They were on board with it, then I was like, ‘F—, I think we played ourselves.’
Their “second deal” with the company was deemed a “competitive bid,” meaning they could not shop their show around. Compton said he and Lewan have forged a “beneficial” partnership with Barstool.
“I personally wanted to resign with Barstool. I think they’re the best brand for us at this point in time,” Compton said. “We end up doing $3 million mg a year. We’re good with that, every dollar made after $3 million.”
Is ‘Bussin’ and the boys renewing their barstool sports contract?
After Compton stated that the “Bussin’ With the Boys” entourage were in the midst of contract negotiations for Surviving BarstoolBig Cat confirmed the former NFL star’s speculation.
“Dave and I didn’t want Taylor or Will to win $250,000 in Barstool Networks and then be, like, ‘Oh, by the way, we’re going to a competitor,’ two seconds later,” Big Cat said during a january Episode 2025 of the competition series.
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Portnoy spoke further about this during an episode of The Unnamed Podcast that same month.
“During the time of filming (Surviving Barstool) I thought we were going to call it quits, but going in, I knew they were appreciative,” noted the Barstool Sports founder. “They had an offer. They said: ‘We will look at the world, we will see what it is.’
Portnoy “didn’t want” to give one of them $250,000 from the game’s winnings and kick them out of the company. When asked during the same podcast episode if Compton and Lewan were leaving the company, Portnoy played coy. “I’ll let them handle it how they want to handle it,” he said.
Long Surviving Barstool final in January 2025, the question remained unanswered.
“When we played that game, I thought they were going back to Barstool,” Portnoy said. (Surviving Barstool was filmed in September 2024. The contestants returned for a live finale and reunion in January 2025.)
Compton hinted that “there are negotiations still happening” with the show.
“The future of ‘Bussin’ with us has nothing to do with this show,” Portnoy clarified. As of now, episodes of the “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast are still being released under the Barstool name.
