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Is insanely expensive rookie dinner outrageous? It is a long-living tradition in the league where a rookie player of the team pays for expensive dinners, trips to Las Vegas, exotic dancers, etc. Ex-Cowboy, Dez Bryant recalled the time when as a rookie he had to pay $50,000 for a dinner. Well, fans were furious when one such expensive rookie dinner took place. The Kansas City Chiefs, WR Skyy Moore had to pay for it.

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The team members often order the most expensive shots on the menu, the best steak, and many other luxurious things at these dinners. Even though the league dislikes these dinner parties and is trying to eliminate them, it won’t happen any time soon. Because the athletes think of it as a ritual of passage.

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When Skyy Moore shared the picture of the bill from the dinner on his Twitter account, the fans commented quickly. It incensed them that the tradition of the rookie dinner will probably render a player bankrupt at the end of his career.

Fans bolted on the Kansas City Chiefs WR

The amount of the dinner was $22,730! That’s an unimaginable amount of money for dinner. But this is not the first time a rookie dinner cost so much. The media have called these rookie dinners a type of hazing. However, extremely popular players call them business meals.

Also, if the top rookie earned $40 or $50 million as signing bonuses, the dinners cost $50,000 to $100,000.

A user who pointed out that saving money for rookie players is more important.

A user commented that the money should have been used for social good instead of a lavish party.

This user who wants to know everything that the gang ate!

A good idea to escape the payment of the bill.

This user said that the bill was a prank. That explains the round figure amount and why the bill was not itemized.

The bill was so expensive that it shocked the user!

However, this user thinks that the rookie dinner is a good practice as it may help with knowing the teammates better.

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A user thought Moore paying for the dinner is unfair.

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There are many players who do not mind the long-living tradition. Even the players who play for them think of it as a bonding experience.

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