Thats more than likely exactly what happened, but the 3 of them SHOULD have thought to themselves "We are high profile football players, we represent our club, our state and our country on the field, this could end up going bad in any number of ways. AND we have the most important game of our season so far this weekend. I think we'll just give you our numbers and you can blow us in a month"
Yes they were drunk, no peeps don't think when they are drunk. But hell they are stoopid merkins for getting into that situation and should be punished.