Tony Parker denied service at Memphis restaurant

French point guard, Tony Parker, attempted to get a bite to eat at a French-Creole restaurant in Memphis*Friday night when he was denied service. *The Spurs are in town to play the Grizzlies in Game 3 & 4 of the Western Conference Finals on Saturday and Monday. What was first reported as a rumor was later confirmed on Twitter by the head chef of Restaurant Iris, Kelly English. Restaurant Iris later joined in on Twitter hash tagging the Grizzlies playoff catchphrase “We Don’t Bluff.” The popular restaurant was*named “Best Restaurant,” “Best Service,” and “Best Chef” by Memphis Magazine in 2010 thru 2012.

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Better than poisoning him.

Good! Now Tony will be playing pissed and hungry tomorrow! Spurs by 10!

So first Tony Allen pulls a bitch move by flopping, and now the city of Memphis joins in on the bitchness. :lol

If I were a professional athlete, I would never eat at a restaurant, especially not one in a rival city. What if someone deliberately puts steroids or something in your food to make you test positive?

HAHAHAHAHAHHAA that dumb fuck just screwed the Grizz. Parker bout to shit all over Memphis.

Stay Classy, Memphis

Butthurt :lol

:makemyday

It is a fucking game for Gods sakes lol! Some go way too far. Money is money, he pays he should eat unless he did something personal to the owner.

lol Memphis taking things a little too seriously and extending fandom past basketball. classic "never been there before" type move.

I bet he wouldn't have denied Boris tbh.

Why are they still saying we don't bluff especially after tony Allen bluffed. Why do they just keep lying

That's just stupid.

:hungry: Tony :lol

it's the playoffs ! and they are angry

LOL San Antonio should let them sleep on the street.

You're going to deny me food? I'll deny you a place to stay. Upping the ante SA.

Seriously this is low class. This puts a shit stained on Memphis as a city, forget that shitty restaurant.

I certainly hope that San Antonio's business owners don't respond in kind.

Tbh, dude is dumb because Tony probably would've left a huge tip.

Classless and exactly what I expect out of a city that hasn't been there before. No worries though, I don't think Indiana or Miami will deny Tony Parker service in 2 weeks.

The grind house just became Tony's out house imho. Spurs by 14.

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Originally Posted by FromWayDowntown

I certainly hope that San Antonio's business owners don't respond in kind.

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I do.

The thread is misleading. The Tweet above clearly indicates Tony was denied service because the restaurant was full -- not because he's the Grizzlies' opponent.

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Originally Posted by FromWayDowntown

I certainly hope that San Antonio's business owners don't respond in kind.

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Meh if you're going to act like a child, you get treated like one. Fuck them. Specially a cocky team like this.

They act like like they're better than anyone else without earning shit. Fuck them indeed.

The restaurant was full :lol drama queens

Tony should shit on this place in his postgame presser after we win. That would make them think twice about that decision.

I guess they take 4 hours to eat there meals.. Shit, it'll be a 30 to 45 minute wait.

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Originally Posted by hater

The restaurant was full :lol drama queens

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He could have gone into spinning mode.

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Originally Posted by Uriel

The thread is misleading. The Tweet above clearly indicates Tony was denied service because the restaurant was full -- not because he's the Grizzlies' opponent.

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exactly, but why should anyone spend any time obtaining facts before they post, when they can spew mindless kneejerk uninformed reactions?

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Originally Posted by ThePop

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Then why would he tweet that we don't bluff crap? This bitch made a mess, I hope TP bangs his wife. lol

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Originally Posted by TheGoldStandard

I guess they take 4 hours to eat there meals.. Shit, it'll be a 30 to 45 minute wait.

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:lol only taking 30 minutes to eat at a place like that

you serious m8?

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Originally Posted by Uriel

The thread is misleading. The Tweet above clearly indicates Tony was denied service because the restaurant was full -- not because he's the Grizzlies' opponent.

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It intimates that, but it doesn't clearly indicate it.

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Originally Posted by ThePop

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That may have been the case, but then why tweet #wedontbluff

They could have easily avoided any drama by leading off with this tweet and leaving it at that. Now it just sounds like they are back pedaling.

There was an article about Zach Randolph tweeted about where he can possibly find a nice restaurant to eat before game 1, had no complaints so far, so maybe had a good time eating in San Antonio :hungry:

its just a sport..and a man gotto eat at a restaurant.. Such stupidity these days, I tell you in the world.

DAMN YOU MEMPHIS! You gone and pissed off the Frenchman. All he wanted was a burger, how hard is that?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1P_Nfj_ozo

I call BS on the "Our restaurant was full comment." If that's the case the restaurant's twitter account wouldn't have tweeted "We don't bluff."

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Originally Posted by milkyway21

There was an article about Zach Randolph tweeted about where he can possibly find a nice restaurant to eat before game 1, had no complaints so far, so maybe had a good time eating in San Antonio :hungry:

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Zbo would be more than happy with burger king tbh...

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Originally Posted by phyzik

That may have been the case, but then why tweet #wedontbluff

They could have easily avoided any drama by leading off with this tweet and leaving it at that. Now it just sounds like they are back pedaling.

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This. Seems like they're just back peddling to me now...bitches.

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Originally Posted by Spurs and Mavs fan

If I were a professional athlete, I would never eat at a restaurant, especially not one in a rival city. What if someone deliberately puts steroids or something in your food to make you test positive?

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So you'd eat lunch meat and trail mix.

Tony should play the race card.

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Originally Posted by FromWayDowntown

I certainly hope that San Antonio's business owners don't respond in kind.

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Shit, when Clyde and Duck and Porter and those guys were in town, we'd get them drunk on the house and they didn't mind. The opponent never paid for alcohol at our place the night before the game.

i don't see the tweet with the "we don't bluff"

I'll be happy if no one pulls a Suzie the Waitress on the Spurs.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Ru...ter_the_match]

Maybe he put up the #wedontbluff because TP was being a prima-donna when he was turned away? I mean, maybe he busted out the classic arrogant celebrity card of "Do you know who I am?" I highly doubt it because that is so un-Spurs like but then again, he did bang another man's wife while already married to a even hotter wife of his own.

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Originally Posted by crc21209

I call BS on the "Our restaurant was full comment." If that's the case the restaurant's twitter account wouldn't have tweeted "We don't bluff."

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You can't imagine a situation in which the restaurant was legitimately full, and Parker didn't want to wait around so they left. And when the owner was asked about it via twitter, he saw it as an opportunity to create good will with the locals by posturing that he had told Parker to fuck off. Seems perfectly imaginable to me. Non story.

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Originally Posted by capek

You can't imagine a situation in which the restaurant was legitimately full, and Parker didn't want to wait around so they left. And when the owner was asked about it via twitter, he saw it as an opportunity to create good will with the locals by posturing that he had told Parker to fuck off. Seems perfectly imaginable to me. Non story.

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Yeah, this seems the most likely scenario.

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Originally Posted by robdiaz2191

Parker bout to shit all over Memphis.

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If he has enough ammunition. :rolleyes

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Originally Posted by ThePop

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Backpedaling

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I really hope someone asks one of the players or Pop about this after the game.

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Originally Posted by Trainwreck2100

i don't see the tweet with the "we don't bluff"

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They probably deleted it to save their asses. It was there earlier...

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Originally Posted by k_nguyen93

I really hope someone asks one of the players or Pop about this after the game.

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Since when does Pop or any Spur player acknowledge outside shit in an interview? Pop would give the reporter shit for asking it, though.

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Originally Posted by Kidd K

Tbh, dude is dumb because Tony probably would've left a huge tip.

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i see what you did there.......very clever

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Originally Posted by jesterbobman

I'll be happy if no one pulls a Suzie the Waitress on the Spurs.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Ru...ter_the_match]

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Just when I forgot about this (sorta) you go and bring it up again... at least we have 2011 now.

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Originally Posted by capek

You can't imagine a situation in which the restaurant was legitimately full, and Parker didn't want to wait around so they left. And when the owner was asked about it via twitter, he saw it as an opportunity to create good will with the locals by posturing that he had told Parker to fuck off. Seems perfectly imaginable to me. Non story.

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It could be either and unless Tony takes it personally it doesn't really matter. However, by pandering to the local crowd through the "We don't bluff" stuff, the owner did delegitamized his argument that it was strictly motivated by a full restaurant even if that was the case.

Wow, and I thought NBA egos were large. Kelly English...does anybody know this fool other than esoteric Memphis food critics?

I really want to walk in there at 7 pm on Saturday night and let loose about 2 dozen rats and a swarm of hornets.

Seriously, fuck Memphis. It's a shitty place filled with shitty people. I think IF this thing goes 5 a flash mob at 4 am blasting music and hitting the alarms at their hotel is in order. Fuck them

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Originally Posted by Spurs and Mavs fan

If I were a professional athlete, I would never eat at a restaurant, especially not one in a rival city. What if someone deliberately puts steroids or something in your food to make you test positive?

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No shit, it's gotta be worse than being a cop. I wouldn't go anywhere other than a Chipotle/Subway type place where they don't know you're coming and you watch them prepare your food. Other than that I'm sending the Asian trainer out to get me some takeout under a fake name or some shit

So you're telling me if Z-Bo showed up he wouldn't tell granny to get the fuk up and make space? Bullllllllllshiittt.

They (Memphis) had the best chance to stop Tony!

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Originally Posted by Andthentherewas21

It could be either and unless Tony takes it personally it doesn't really matter. However, by pandering to the local crowd through the "We don't bluff" stuff, the owner did delegitamized his argument that it was strictly motivated by a full restaurant even if that was the case.

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:lol Since when is twitter considered a court of law, or a place where "arguments" are expected to be legitimate?

Who cares?? I'm sure if a few people here owned a restaurant they'd deny service to certain people (Joey Crawford)

Calm down, spurfan...this isn't some grand, Rosa Parks-ian moment of social injustice. Calm the fuck down and eat your Hot Pockets

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Originally Posted by LakerHater

They (Memphis) had the best chance to stop Tony!

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:lmao

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Originally Posted by doldrums

exactly, but why should anyone spend any time obtaining facts before they post, when they can spew mindless kneejerk uninformed reactions?

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Right, twitter = facts. It's not like you could say whatever you want on twitter afterwards to cover your ass because of the shitstorm and bad publicity.

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Originally Posted by Spurs and Mavs fan

If I were a professional athlete, I would never eat at a restaurant, especially not one in a rival city. What if someone deliberately puts steroids or something in your food to make you test positive?

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HGH is a protein. It'd break down in the stomach so it wouldn't really be much of a concern. But, replace HGH with poo, and you could potentially get some issues that might prevent him from playing a game or two.

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Originally Posted by capek

You can't imagine a situation in which the restaurant was legitimately full, and Parker didn't want to wait around so they left. And when the owner was asked about it via twitter, he saw it as an opportunity to create good will with the locals by posturing that he had told Parker to fuck off. Seems perfectly imaginable to me. Non story.

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This is exactly what I think happened. No biggie.

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Originally Posted by Whisky Dog

I really want to walk in there at 7 pm on Saturday night and let loose about 2 dozen rats and a swarm of hornets.

Seriously, fuck Memphis. It's a shitty place filled with shitty people. I think IF this thing goes 5 a flash mob at 4 am blasting music and hitting the alarms at their hotel is in order. Fuck them

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Butthurt ass niggah :lol

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Originally Posted by Trainwreck2100

Why are they still saying we don't bluff especially after tony Allen bluffed. Why do they just keep lying

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Exactly what I was thinking. I read about this we don't bluff thing and it makes no sense. Do they think the rest of the league sees them as not worthy? I guess it's best to stay with the grit, grimy, slime angle.

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Originally Posted by wildcardX

DAMN YOU MEMPHIS! You gone and pissed off the Frenchman. All he wanted was a burger, how hard is that?

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Burger? @ a French restaurant? what are you talking about?
He can easily eat @ McDonalds if he wants a burger, IMO.



He was probably looking for some French menu like escargot, who knows!

http://www.restaurant-guide.cz/images/sneci04.jpg

:lol

He must have missed eating the snails so much :lmao Looked around for some French resto.

That, despite the death threat huh!

The real outrage is that Joey Crawford walked in right behind Tony and they made a table for him.

On a related note...

If you were a pro athlete, on the road, would you be concerned that your food was being sabotaged?

I don't even like to complain at restaurants because I don't want anyone spitting, spooging, or whatever on my food.

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Originally Posted by crc21209

I call BS on the "Our restaurant was full comment." If that's the case the restaurant's twitter account wouldn't have tweeted "We don't bluff."

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This

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Originally Posted by FromWayDowntown

The real outrage is that Joey Crawford walked in right behind Tony and they made a table for him.

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:lol

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That's ok. The whole team is eating at the Grind House tonight.

I guess theres only one thing you can do then: win this thing in 5 games or less so you don't have to go back to Memphis.

Seriously, stay classy Memphis.

Honestly, if I were a pro athlete on the road, I'd probably send someone out for food or cook it myself. There are WAY too many psychos out there.

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Originally Posted by phyzik

That may have been the case, but then why tweet #wedontbluff

They could have easily avoided any drama by leading off with this tweet and leaving it at that. Now it just sounds like they are back pedaling.

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Exactly. This is beyond just low class. This is "all your taste is in your mouth - NO class"

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Originally Posted by DMC

Shit, when Clyde and Duck and Porter and those guys were in town, we'd get them drunk on the house and they didn't mind. The opponent never paid for alcohol at our place the night before the game.

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Aaah the good old days when Portland actually cared about having a top notch basketball team.

You have a celebrity from France trying to come to your French restaurant! You tell your staff be a seat an table an let him sit on their backs if you have to. He is fucking stupid Idiot.

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Originally Posted by TheGoldStandard

I guess they take 4 hours to eat there meals.. Shit, it'll be a 30 to 45 minute wait.

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It could take up to 30 minutes just to get your food.

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Originally Posted by FromWayDowntown

The real outrage is that Joey Crawford walked in right behind Tony and they made a table for him.

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Joey's the one with the ciggy.

Tony "Rosa" Parker takes a stand at a Memphis lunch counter . . .



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Thank goodness, you would never see this today in Memphis (the ashtrays, that is). :toast

I'm just wondering didn't they have a waiting line, in that case Maybe Tony would have left of his own accord, or do they just send people off if there is no room, I don't see any business doing that anywhere, not good for business.

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Originally Posted by GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI

Who cares?? I'm sure if a few people here owned a restaurant they'd deny service to certain people (Joey Crawford)

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I wouldn't. Their money is just as green as anyone else's....

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Originally Posted by DeadlyDynasty

Calm down, spurfan...this isn't some grand, Rosa Parks-ian moment of social injustice. Calm the fuck down and eat your Hot Pockets

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Who the fuck is rosa parks?? Never heard of that bitch.

Any how hows the lakers off season going? Is Dwight staying???? Is kobe gonna recover like nothing happened? ??? Is he gonna give his mom some money??? Umm, ummm yeah I dont giva fuck lol

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Originally Posted by Uriel

The thread is misleading. The Tweet above clearly indicates Tony was denied service because the restaurant was full -- not because he's the Grizzlies' opponent.

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Regardless, Tony is going to go off tonight.

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Originally Posted by T Park

I wouldn't. Their money is just as green as anyone else's....

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Exactly, that would be like not serving someone because they have different political or religious beliefs. You do that and you suddenly alienate others of the same mindset, eliminating tons of potential business and giving yourself a bad name.

i mean, they're the opposing team. i wouldn't anticipate their home city being real friendly to us, considering we're their opponents and we just went up 2-0 against them.

i wouldn't take it personally, the way some of you here seem to be doing.

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Originally Posted by weeks

i mean, they're the opposing team. i wouldn't anticipate their home city being real friendly to us, considering we're their opponents and we just went up 2-0 against them.

i wouldn't take it personally, the way some of you here seem to be doing.

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If the restaurant really was full, that's one thing. If he was denied because he was a Spur, that's just childish.

Shoulda made a reservation.

restaurants often have party rooms, don't they?

I see on twitter Matt Moore, is ripping Michael De Leon for writing an article on the subject of critisizing the restaurant's handling of it.

Dumb. Can't even give the paying customer some food cause he plays for another team. What idiots.

I Can't believe the spurs are stupid enough to eat out on the road in the playoffs.

A friend of mine who lives in Memphis says that this restaurant is really popular (and good) and you need to get table reservations several weeks in advance.

Could have been that it was just full as well.

Also mentioned having run into TP at a different restaurant earlier in the season with over players she didn't recognize, restaurant was Felicia Suzanne's"

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Originally Posted by DarrinS

On a related note...

If you were a pro athlete, on the road, would you be concerned that your food was being sabotaged?
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That would be my main concern as a coach or player. If I were a coach, I'd have the team's trainers or other staff (who are probably unrecognizable to anyone) go and get the food - i.e., dozens of meals - for everyone, and then bring it back to the hotel or team headquarters.

Without people knowing that it's for a pro sports team, there'd be no reason to sabotage the food.