Ravens rookie gets stuck with $11,500 bill for team dinner

Sticking rookies with a bill for an outrageous meal is a longstanding NFL tradition, and on Monday night Baltimore Ravens rookie defensive tackle Carl Davis found himself on the receiving end of the financial blast.

Davis tweeted out a photo of his receipt:

Sweet mercy, an $11,500 bill. Another point: $1,800 for a tip? Come on. Speaking as a former waiter, there is nothing a server does at a high-end steakhouse that justifies two months' mortgage payments for maybe three hours of work. Waiting tables at a kid-filled pizza joint, on the other hand...

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Also worth noting: Davis has a base salary of $435,000 with a prorated signing bonus of $156,000, meaning a total salary of about $591,000. That seems like plenty, and it is, but consider: if you happen to make $59,000 a year, this is the equivalent of paying $1,100 for a single dinner. Suddenly NFL players going broke after earning tens of millions of dollars doesn't seem quite so surprising, does it?

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