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Have you ever spent $55,000 at dinner?

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blatt
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Dallas cowboys rookie Dez Bryant has.

In practice he refused to carry a veteran player's pads because Bryant isnt into the whole hazing thing. So instead he bought the team dinner. the final tab was $54,896.

He also bought his teammate Roy Williams a pair of shoes. type of shoes yet to be determined.


link to article
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/news/story?id=5626300

If this is a repost, God strike me down where I'm standing...
Sep 28 2010 11:56PM
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1337
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lol i'd have to take out loans and set up a payment plan for that dinner.
Sep 28 2010 11:57PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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What a little bitch.
Sep 28 2010 11:58PM
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jason...
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haha, take that you arrogant prick
Sep 28 2010 11:58PM
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MitchConnors
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carrying pads dosent seem so bad now

Sep 28 2010 11:58PM
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Snowcase
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So money really does buy you respect?
Sep 28 2010 11:59PM
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RAWLAN
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and theres children starving in... pretty much everywhere now actually.
Sep 29 2010 12:01AM
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oreopancake.
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see, this is why american culture is fucked. a guy pays $55,000 on a dinner for a bunch of other rich people.

maybe i'm just feeling negative tonight, but fuck.
Sep 29 2010 12:11AM
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theabortionator
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What the hell could I even order? I like saving my money. I mean I spend money, but I try to be smart with that shit. I could see treating myself to a nice dinner, even though a cheeseburger would make me just as happy. Maybe a couple bottles of good wine, even though I don't know much about wine.

I don't think I could get a bill over 1k without trying really hard.
Sep 29 2010 12:17AM
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blatt
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one of the bottles of wine he ordered was $9,000. and he ordered a few $600 wines. Also he was paying for the whole team (team cap in nfl is 52 I think?).
Sep 29 2010 12:19AM
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jblaski
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trickle down economics.

These guys just dropped $55K in one night. My guess is, the poor ass valet boys just had the night of their life.

And the waitress making near minimum wage? 20% is $11,000.

My guess is, that restaurant doesn't usually make $55K on an average night. Owner probably bought his wife some nice diamond earrings, so the local jewelry store just made some money. Not to mention the commission the worker there just made from the sale.

Who cares how much these guys spend, it's their money. If they're going to blow it on a baller meal, let them. A lot of other little people left with a good night as well.
Sep 29 2010 12:27AM
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BlueSteele
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Ever spent $200 on an entree in Dubai?  America isn't the only rich country out there.
Sep 29 2010 12:27AM
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nitsua
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Fuck America, Fuck Europe, Fuck China, Fuck Canada, Fuck Mexico. Fuck Rich People.
Sep 29 2010 12:37AM
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Deezy
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he should toss me some $$$ maybe i could make my life 10000 times better by getting a good education, but... i guess he has to take some of the richest people in sports out to a nice dinner. i guess thats cool.
life is not fair, get over it. work hard and you will be spending 10k on breakfast like nothing happened.
Sep 29 2010 12:38AM
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COrider
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Waiter: "may I take your order?"
Whole team: "we'll each take the most expensive thing on your menu."

Probably what went down
Sep 29 2010 12:50AM
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theabortionator
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Word. That's not that bad. 1k per person, trying to rape somebodies tab.

I think i'm going to buy some $200 bottles of wine and re package them and sell them for $1000 to noobs
Sep 29 2010 12:52AM
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CrispyZombyWoof
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he could've paid for my entire college education...
Sep 29 2010 12:56AM
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Where-am-I
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Sep 29 2010 1:50AM
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PhildT
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Spending more than $1000 on food is really really fucking hard. Even at really nice restaurants.

Wine and booze though = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

But think about it, if you're going to bust open a $1000 bottle of wine, you're going to want it to come with some bomb assed food.
Sep 29 2010 2:00AM
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Obsessedwski
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As if this incident doesn't make me sick to my stomach with worry for our society, this just made me straight up depressed:

"It's something we have to deal with. That just the way it is now," Kemmner said with her voice full of emotion as she waited Tuesday afternoon with other parents outside a store for the students to be released from the school. "It's sad. It really is, but that's just the way our society is now."

So what, we're just going to accept this?? What!?
Sep 29 2010 2:00AM
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deleted5
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55k for a football player is like 250 for me
Sep 29 2010 2:02AM
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Testicles
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Could have paid for my entire degree.
Sep 29 2010 2:02AM
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wynnyk
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Most rich people will act like rich people, and we can't really change that.
Sep 29 2010 2:03AM
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Obsessedwski
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whoooa okay, wrong fucking thread. Sorry.
Sep 29 2010 2:03AM
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rickroller
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i want to see a pic of what they were eating for $55,000
Sep 29 2010 2:04AM
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lineskier10
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Sep 29 2010 2:16AM
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lineskier10
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oh and thats from the website of the restaurant they were eating at http://pappasbros.com
Sep 29 2010 2:17AM
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Abc567def
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I think they were eating this Click for larger image
Sep 29 2010 2:21AM
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deleted5
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO THEY ATE THE OLD SPICE GUY I LOVED HIM
Sep 29 2010 2:37AM
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messplay
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all i can think of is this...

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Sep 29 2010 2:51AM
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CassiusClay
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And you're trying to live in the rich people culture of skiing?  Good luck to you sir

Sep 29 2010 2:58AM
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nitsua
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and its been working just fine. cause i work for all the rich second homeowner fuckers who pay me to do there landscaping all so i can ski.
Sep 29 2010 3:03AM
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Bagels
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"Athletes from the nation's three biggest and most profitable leagues--the NBA, NFL and Major League Baseball--are suffering from a financial pandemic. Although salaries have risen steadily during the last three decades, reports from a host of sources (athletes, players' associations, agents and financial advisers) indicate that: By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce. Within five years of retirement, an estimated 60% of former NBA players are broke. ... The closest analogue to a pro athlete isn't a white-collar executive. It's a lottery winner - often in his early twenties."

Fucking pathetic. period.
Sep 29 2010 3:09AM
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theabortionator
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People should take there house and laugh at them.

0 pity
Sep 29 2010 3:11AM
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PaleCelery
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all da eryy day
Sep 29 2010 3:14AM
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DockEllis
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I sprinkle diamonds on e'rything I eat...makes my dukie twinkle man
Sep 29 2010 8:28AM
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Blandct
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I am the only one that find's the funny. Obviously the teammates were buying stupid bottles of wine and champagne to make the bill so damn high.

This is something that is a bit redick.

Micheal Jordan's son tweeted about spending 50,000 in vegas and he's not even 21...

Sep 29 2010 9:45AM
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TheButterHashira
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Well that could have easily paid for 4 years of college in my state, but if I had money to blow like that I would totally do the same thing. The only difference is I would take 52 strippers out to dinner.
Sep 29 2010 10:49AM
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TheButterHashira
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and then get them all coked up so I could easily spend  +150 K in one evening.
Sep 29 2010 10:50AM
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jason...
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lol
Sep 29 2010 10:58AM
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HenniferLopez
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Sep 29 2010 11:02AM
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Kangbang
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if i were to spend 55 grand on dinner (never would) it would have to be some good fucking dinner
Sep 29 2010 11:04AM
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Craigskis
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How much was the rookies signing deal?
Sep 29 2010 11:27AM
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Brenone
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I was wondering the same thing so I looked it up. $320,000 salary, $1.95M signing bonus and $570,000 just for making the opening day roster.

I dont give a shit how much money you make, a $55k dinner with no strippers is a complete waste! haha jk any dinner for that much is a complete waste. you might as well throw your money in the shitter.
Sep 29 2010 11:31AM
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Tasche
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A few thoughts:

Just doing some quick math and not doing time value, taxes, etc. I come up with his weekly salary being around $45,000. I have taken my entire extended family out before and dropped my weekly salary (very special occasions), so in that regard it is not that crazy. But how can you expect him to have any respect for money, he just won the lottery and with 0 financial skills he is going to blow it.

In my opinion sports are ruining America, At least everything above the D1 level. They encourage stupidity and the majority of professional athletes have the education level of 7th graders. Play pretty much any college sport and you get special treatment and your education suffers. Alumni invest in sports teams and not education. Our whole education system operates at a net loss just so the television networks can cash in. The old model use to be sports tickets and television fund education, now it funds more sports spending. Look at basketball, if a guy does anything but African American studies he is considered a Scholar. It is no longer about the game, it is an entertainment industry. There is really no difference between the NFL and the WWF. Some athletes forget that they are entertainers and do really stupid shit.

Let me ask you this, if you got that type of money dropped in your lap, and every guy around you was spending all he could, would you save it up and make sound intelligent investments?


I play fantasy football and will watch the playoffs in pretty much every sport so I can't really talk but it is out of hand.

Sep 29 2010 11:33AM
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sunnyskiing
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;(
Sep 29 2010 12:02PM
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skiierman
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they stuck him with the bill so in the end he got respect for being joked on.

btw i love all the kids on here saying how much they hate rich people or dumb bullshit like that because i KNOW there's a few of them that don't have to pay for college, only have to work a part time job and have successful parents. harden up you jealous pieces of shit. your lives are nothing to complain about. just being on a computer and being able to ski as a sport is a testament to that.
Sep 29 2010 12:15PM
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freestyler540
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Thats pretty much what the tabs sums up to for every diplomatic dinners...of course, all on the tax payers money. Trust me "diplomatic" dinner seem to happen more and more often.
Sep 29 2010 12:29PM
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