Dinner tab $54,869

[Pick6]

Roy Williams pays back Dez Bryant


By Calvin Watkins
ESPNDallas.com
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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.

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.


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

[SintonFan]

:eek:

[Old Tiger]

Should have taken them to CiCi's

[95mustang]

He can afford it.

[SintonFan]

Originally posted by Old Tiger
Should have taken them to CiCi's

Cici's has wine?:eek:

[Old Tiger]

Originally posted by SintonFan
Cici's has wine?:eek: Any restaurant has wine if you have a flask or BYOB lol

[RoyceTTU]

Wow, carrying those shoulder pads dosn't seem quite so bad. Ouch

[SintonFan]

Originally posted by Old Tiger
Any restaurant has wine if you have a flask or BYOB lol

I don't think I'd have wine in my flask.:D

[bwdlionfan]

Originally posted by Pick6
Roy Williams pays back Dez Bryant


By Calvin Watkins
ESPNDallas.com
Archive

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.

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.


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

I wish I waited tables at that place... think of the tip!!

[Old Tiger]

Originally posted by SintonFan
I don't think I'd have wine in my flask.:D As long as its red it doesn't have to be chilled and since you would be eating pizza red wine is a perfect choice

[Blackcat1954]

Never used flasks in college at UT back in the mid 70s-Cousin carried one around at football games. Was always ready for my post-game beer a thon

[Caldwell_Raider]

HOLY SMOKES!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

That's as much as a lot of people make in a year! GEEZ!

[BullsFan]

LOL!! Williams is having a really good week, isn't he??

[rojosgirl]

:1omg!:

[Looking4number8]

Originally posted by bwdlionfan
I wish I waited tables at that place... think of the tip!!



Originally posted by Pick6




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



" He had to pay it unless he wanted to wash dishes for a month."





I wish I washed dishes there... I could have dish pan hands for 54 grand a month

[LHSEagleFan]

At 15% the tip would have been 8234.40, that could really make your day.

[maroogreen]

Originally posted by LHSEagleFan
At 15% the tip would have been 8234.40, that could really make your day.

LOL
I was just doing the math in my head when I saw your post.

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by Looking4number8
I wish I washed dishes there... I could have dish pan hands for 54 grand a month

LOL, yeah I was just thinking the same thing.
Works out to nearly $659K a year. I believe I could wash dishes for that kind of cash.

[FbCoachB40]

Originally posted by LHSEagleFan
At 15% the tip would have been 8234.40, that could really make your day.

A table or tab with that many people would have been split between 5 servers...and the rate at a restaurant of that caliber is not 15%...it is at least 18% so...tip was around $9900.00 / 5 = $1,980 per server - 20% (for bar & food prep) $1,584.00 for about 3.5 hrs of work.

Wage per hour = $452.57 / hr

WOW!!!:eek: :eek:

[Pick6]

I would guess that the tip was included with the total cost, isn't that how it is when there is more than 7ppl or something like that.

[PPSTATEBOUND]

What a complete waste of money.:(

[FbCoachB40]

Originally posted by Pick6
I would guess that the tip was included with the total cost, isn't that how it is when there is more than 7ppl or something like that.

Yes...

That is also why it would be 18%; however, some servers choose to not do the 18% hoping for a little more, or they may "top line" the customer.

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by FbCoachB40
A table or tab with that many people would have been split between 5 servers...and the rate at a restaurant of that caliber is not 15%...it is at least 18% so...tip was around $9900.00 / 5 = $1,980 per server - 20% (for bar & food prep) $1,584.00 for about 3.5 hrs of work.

Wage per hour = $452.57 / hr

WOW!!!:eek: :eek:

Thats good pay, but I think I'd rather be the dishwasher that makes about $320 (might want to check my math on that) an hour for the whole month myself.;)

[Bone Pile]

I will wash dishes for a month for $55k. tell me where to sign up.