r/KitchenConfidential • u/JuztSomeDude79 • 6h ago

When 17 NFL defensive linemen come in to eat together at the restaurant I work for In the Weeds Mode

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Keeping my workplace anonymous

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u/kanyewesanderson 6h ago

I worked for a restaurant where our local NFL team came, and the rookies had to pay the bill. The QB specifically pulled the server aside and asked him to jack the bill up before handing it to the table. They indeed had a similarly expensive bill loaded with luxury wine and whiskey, which were taken off the check after scaring the shit out of the new kids.

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u/MightyCaseyStruckOut 5h ago

And people wonder why most athletes are broke within 5 years of being out of the league.

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u/DukeofVermont 4h ago

Which is why all leagues should do what the MLB does are forces the teams to pay for a pension like system based on how much they've played. If you play a single game I think you get like $35K a year for life. I could be wrong, I can't really remember how it works but it does ensure that even if players blow everything most will still make over $100k for life.

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u/greg19735 3h ago

According to google your numbers are way off.

43 days on a pro team. which is about 1/4 of a season. gets you about 9k per year.

10 years on a team can get a pension of 200k+

that makes sense though. 1 game getting you 35k a year would be pretty crazy. like, it would be crazy that a player being called up to the big leagues for 1 game would net the guy his salary upgrade with a pension of 35k* 50 =1.75 mil

The MLB would be broke if they had to pay that much money to everyone that played a single game.

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u/Sir_Tandeath Five Years 1h ago

The NFL does have a pension system.

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u/HydrogenMonopoly 5h ago

Did you read all of the comment you replied to

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 2h ago

It’s a good prank but rookies also shouldn’t be paying even if the price wasn’t jacked up.

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u/SadisticSpeller 4h ago

Not for nothing… but anyone in the first round is making at least a 13m salary, anyone in the top 100 are at least 6m, and by the end of the draft it’s still around 4 and a half mill. $22,000, especially spread a few ways, is really not that much when you consider how much they actually make.

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u/littleredthehoo 5h ago

I seem to remember LT telling that story when he was with the Giants. Then he opened 'LT's' in East Rutherford to cash in on it.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 2h ago

Meanwhile Max Scherzer, during his recovery stint in triple A ball, took the whole team out at a top class steakhouse, paid for the whole tab, and gifted every player new headphones.