NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: Lane Johnson of the Oklahoma Sooners holds up a jersey on stage after he was picked #4 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on April 25, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)(credit: Al Bello/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Eagles second-year offensive tackle, Lane Johnson, tweeted out a picture of his tab from a rookie dinner at Del Frisco’s Steak House in Philadelphia. The total of the tab was $17,474, which included items like a $3,945 bottle of wine.
With bullying issues and rookie hazing prevalent in the NFL recently, Johnson’s tweet immediately went viral and the large rookie bill quickly became a controversial topic. Forcing rookies to pick up dinner tabs has been a common tradition in the NFL, but Johnson later clarified in another tweet that he voluntarily treated his fellow offensive-lineman to dinner.
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