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This is just WRONG.

By Calvin Watkins
ESPNDallas.com


At some point, Dallas Cowboys rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant was going to get his comeuppance. Teammate Roy Williams all but guaranteed that during training camp.

Bryant made national news in training camp when he refused to carry Williams' pads after practice -- bucking the trend of veteran NFL players hazing rookies. Bryant later said he didn't know about such tradition.

"I'm not doing it," Bryant said then. "I feel like I was drafted to play football, not carry another player's pads."


Williams excused it, saying then that Bryant, who received $8.3 million in guaranteed money from his rookie contract, would just have to take the team out to dinner and get him some new shoes.

Well, that dinner happened Monday night. The final tab: $54,896.:WTF

Bryant took the offensive players out to Pappas Bros. Steakhouse. Williams, however, made sure Bryant got the message, inviting defensive players as well.

And guess who was left holding the bill afterward.

"They got the young fella," said Bryant's adviser, David Wells. "What could he say? He had to pay it unless he wanted to wash dishes for a month."

Players ordered basically everything on the menu and even took home bottles of wine.

After checking out the 90-page winebook, it's anybody's guess if anybody took home a bottle of Chateau Latour for $9,000. It's also possible a few players ordered a bottle of PlumpJack Reserve for $600.

No word from Bryant or Williams about the evening ... yet.




That's about $1,000 for each 53-roster member.
 
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Roy didn't have to take it that far...He'll never be a favorite of mine.

Like Sapp said yesterday on the NFL Net...Grow up !!!

Real pros don't flash their college team signs jack ass.
 

MichaelWinicki

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The kid's a millionaire.

But you know what? It will help with team unity... Which is a good thing.

All those guys will remember that dinner for the rest of their lives and will tell their kids and grandkids about it, over & over again.

Plus all the rookies that want to be part of this team will hear about it too... Including the guy groomed to take Dez's spot, 10-12 years from now. :)
 

sbk92

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Like him or not he will be a HOF'er

You just don't like it because it's the Longhorns.

There is nothing wrong with doing that. What's the alternative? Act like a complete assclown like the Terrell Owenses and Chad Johnsons of the league?
 

Sheik

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I wonder how Dez took it. That's a pretty substantial chunk of change, even for a millionaire.

At the same time it's funny as hell.
 

sbk92

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I wonder how Dez took it. That's a pretty substantial chunk of change, even for a millionaire.

At the same time it's funny as hell.

It's all relative.

It's chump change for him. Pay the bill.
 
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Cr122

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All of I can think of is the Sopranos with the episode where Christopher had to pay the tab, and Pauley kept adding to the bill. lol
 

Plymkr

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I am sure this wasn't the first he heard of having to foot the bill.

Big deal, He's got the cash, who gives a shit.
 
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I am sure this wasn't the first he heard of having to foot the bill.

Big deal, He's got the cash, who gives a shit.

Well, if it was you or I that had to foot the bill we would be pissed.
 

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Well, if it was you or I that had to foot the bill we would be pissed.

If I was gifted enough and lucky enough to get drafted to play for my favorite team in the NFL, and got paid bank? LOL, No way, speak for yourself there bub. I shit 50k if I am makin the money Dez is makin.
 
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If I was gifted enough and lucky enough to get drafted to play for my favorite team in the NFL, and got paid bank? LOL, No way, speak for yourself there bub. I shit 50k if I am makin the money Dez is makin.

lol
 
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