A few things,

I don't get the crap that Bryant and his teammates are getting. Mortensen tweeted something about it being insulting to others in this economy, no it's not, and it's certainly not insulting to the restaurant who probably has had decreased sales.

Who cares how he spends his money? Does that make me dislike NFL players anymore? No.

As for the labor talks, the players should get paid more because it's a private industry and profits are at all time highs.

And it's not like Bryant had a choice in this matter. He went against rookie hazing with the shoulder pads, but I think most all first round picks get footed an expensive dinner.

Laley23;501378 wrote:Steakhouses have some of the bigger wine selections (the nice steakhouses). They attract so many food/wine lovers that want a certain thing with their top notch meat that if they want to stay competitive they have to have tons of selections on hand.

See, I disagree. As a person who is a wine snob, I don't need a ton of varieties of wine to choose from to enjoy my food, or my choice of wine for that matter. People who love wines will (in their head) debate with probably only 4 or 5 varieties/labels of wine when choosing their food.
For example: choosing between cabernet sauvignon, chianti, red zinfandel, sangiovese or even something like a beaujolais. People with a lesser knowledge of wine would probably get by with maybe even less than that.
In other words, I would find something like that "cluttered".

Again, I just find it odd. But then again, alot of restaurant productions are for show with can tick up prices and to keep up with an image they want to project.
Now, if I were going to an eatery with the focus being on a fine selection of wines, then it wouldn't be suprising. In fact, 90 pages might seem trifling and insignificant.

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I'm kinda with you on this CBF...how much wine knowledge does a bunch of NFL players have? Most these guys have been drinkin' 40s and box Cribari for years. So they prolly just started ordering whatever had the highest price on the wine list. Love it when one of these morons gets punked.

gorocks99;501132 wrote:As previously mentioned, $8.3 million guaranteed over 5 years. With that said, he's guaranteed $1.66 mil/year gross. A $54,000 meal is 3.2% of his yearly guaranteed salary, or about a $1,600 meal for someone making $50k.

Now, that doesn't really get into endorsement/speaking/whatever else he's making ... but speaking strictly on guaranteed salary from the Cowboys, dude laid down a lot of money.

Actually he is making more money this year than you think he is.

" Dallas Cowboys rookie wide receiver's five-year deal is worth up to $11.8 million and includes $8.5 million in guaranteed money, according to a league source. The deal includes a signing bonus and first-year roster bonus totaling $2.52 million for the 24th overall pick, the first first-round deal to be completed.

The deal also includes a $3.185 million one-timer incentive clause. There is no second-year option bonus, per our source."

The minimum he could make this year is 2.8 million which would be like us spending 1100 on a meal. This does not include what he makes off the field. Under armor paid him some sort of sighing bonus before he was dropped ( I am unable to find that figure) and he does local stuff in Dallas. In the end I think it would be like a guy with a 55,000 salary spending around 500 bucks on a meal. Sure it's a lot of money but people that make 55k a year buy TV's and other things for 500 plus every day. Now your in an ethics battle on what is OK to spend 500 bucks on. Also you need to take into account the interest he is going to make on whatever is left over per year.