Contract negotiations are a hot topic, especially when Barstool Sports personalities are involved.
Hosts of the 'Bussin' With the Boys' podcast Will Compton and Taylor Levene are currently negotiating a new deal with the media company, and while that might hurt their chances of winning A surviving bar stool In Season 4, it also raised questions about the former NFL star's future at Barstool.
“The 'Bussin' With the Boys' team is currently in negotiations for their next contract,” Compton shared at the time. A surviving bar stool confessions in January 2025. “You have to think if you are Dave (Portnoy) and Dan (“Big Cat” Katz)you can't make the 'Bussin With the Boys' guys have fun winning $250,000.
The former footballer, who won Season 3 in 2024, was eliminated from the show shortly after his co-star Levan.
“We're going to win a quarter of a million dollars and then maybe give us back-to-back fights at the end of the year,” Compton continued. “So, my hat's off. Tip of the cap. Dave, the big cat, great game boys.
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Compton, a former NFL running back, signed with the Washington Commanders as an undrafted free agent in 2013. In 2018, he joined the Tennessee Titans on a one-year deal before signing with the New Orleans Saints in 2019 and later with the Las Vegas Raiders. He returned to the Titans in 2020, but returned to the Raiders in late 2021. Until September 2023, Compton announced his retirement from professional football.
Lewan, meanwhile, was drafted by 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.
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Compton and Levans launched a podcast with the Barstool Sports Network in 2019.
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Compton talked about the deals he and Levan made with Barstool during the April 2024 episode. Next Up With Adam Podcast..
“Originally (Barstool said) we're going 50/50, you guys are going to get the IP. We said no, but we're going 60/40, and the minute we eclipse $1 million, it's going to go 70/30 (for) us,” the former athlete explained. “They were on board with it, so I thought, 'F…, I thought we were playing ourselves.'
Their 'second deal' with the company was deemed a 'competitive bid', meaning they could not shop at their show. Compton said he and Levan have since developed a “beneficial” partnership with Barstool.
“I personally wanted to step away from Barstool. I think they're the best brand for us right now,” Compton said. We have the upside, every dollar earned after $3 million.
Is “Bussin” renewing his Barstool sports contract with the boys?
After Compton revealed that the 'Bussin' With the Boys' bosses are in the middle of contract talks A 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 at Barstool and two seconds later be like, 'Oh, by the way, we're going to a competitor,'” Big Cat said in January.The 2025 series of the race.
Portnoy elaborated on this during the episode from “The Untitled Podcast” in the same month.
“During filming (Surviving Barstool), I thought we were going to back them off, but going in, I knew they were judging,” noted the Barstool Sports founder. “They had an offer. They said, 'We're going to look at the world, see what it is.'
Portnoy “didn't want” to give one of them $250,000 from winning the game and have them leave the company. When asked during the same podcast episode if Compton and Levene were leaving the company, Portnoy played it smart. “I'll let them do what they want,” he said.
In time A surviving bar stool in the final in January 2025, the question remained unanswered.
“When we played that game, I thought they were going back to Barstool,” Portnoy said. (A surviving bar stool was filmed in September 2024. Contestants returned live finale and reunion in January 2025.)
Compton hinted that “negotiations are still ongoing” with the show.
“The future of 'Bussin' has nothing to do with us with this show,” Portnoy explained. Right now Bussin' With the Boys Podcast. episodes are still released under the Barstool title.