The Seattle Seahawks added a new twist to the NFL tradition known as the rookie dinner on Thursday.
Typically, either an entire NFL team or a position group will go out to dinner at some point in the season and saddle its rookies with the entire bill, doing whatever they can to ramp up the total to exorbitant levels. Think the most expensive cut of steak on the menu, with a lobster tail on the side, washed down with a rare cognac, wine or whiskey, then add a few more courses.
Being financially responsible for the luxury appetites of dozens of men, some of them maintaining weights above 300 pounds, is perilous territory.