{"id":9488,"date":"2016-12-21T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/12\/21\/nfl-rookie-k-j-dillon-gets-stuck-with-16000-dinner-bill-in-hazing-ritual\/"},"modified":"2016-12-21T20:15:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T20:15:00","slug":"nfl-rookie-k-j-dillon-gets-stuck-with-16000-dinner-bill-in-hazing-ritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/nfl-rookie-k-j-dillon-gets-stuck-with-16000-dinner-bill-in-hazing-ritual\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Rookie K.J. Dillon Gets Stuck With $16,000 Dinner Bill In Hazing Ritual"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Houston Texans safety K.J. Dillon tweeted that he ordered a $13 salad. Wesley Hitt\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s become a tradition in the NFL for players to go out for an exorbitantly expensive meal to welcome rookies \u2014 and then stick them with the bill.<\/p>\n

Houston Texans safety K.J. Dillon fell victim to such a stunt Monday night at a Pappas restaurant<\/a>. The tab was a whopping $16,255.20.<\/p>\n

Notable items on the bill include seven orders of sea bass with lobster and two orders of filet mignon, but the main price driver was alcohol. A total of 22 Hennessy Pardis Imperials cost Dillon \u2014 who says he doesn’t drink<\/a> \u2014 a cool $7,700. All Dillon ordered, according to tweets that have since been deleted<\/a>, was a $13 Caesar salad.<\/p>\n

Dillon also deleted a tweet that included a picture of the bill, but you can see a cached version via Google<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He might actually have gotten off easier than some. When Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant was a rookie, he reportedly refused to carry shoulder pads for veteran team members and was punished with a $54,000 bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Judging by his Twitter feed, Dillon didn’t seem to take offense. But former NFL punter Adam Podlesh wasn’t laughing. He replied to Dillon, tweeting that the stunt is further evidence of a culture that fuels a “bankruptcy epidemic” among NFL players.<\/p>\n

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@K_DILLON20<\/a> For those who dont think the NFL player bankruptcy epidemic has anything to do with veterans passing down the culture..exhibit A<\/p>\n

\u2014 Adam Podlesh (@Adampodlesh08) December 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The Houston Chronicle points out<\/a> that Dillon is making the rookie minimum of $450,000 a year. “If Dillon tipped 20 percent then his credit card suffered a charge of $19,500, which is 4 percent of his yearly salary,” the newspaper adds.<\/p>\n

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