like he was saying

berry will get his pay - i have absolutely NO doubt about this

they will work some sort of deal that gets him off of their salary cap though

maybe cut, rehire as a "special advisor" or something, then pay him....can they do that?

I don't see how this could end in a settlement from the Chiefs. This is a non-football illness. It is not an injury.

The league would not allow that. It would be seen as trying to circumvent the salary cap.

Are you meaning pay him the rest of this year? I could see them doing that. But I don't see them paying him next year.

I hope Berry gets paid his entire contract, but is there anyway we get out of his salary hitting our cap?

EDIT: NM, I see that's already been covered.

If the Chiefs decided not to pay Berry the remainder of his salary, that money could be used to rollover to 2015, giving them more than $10 million in additional cap space.

That said, I cannot see the Chiefs making that decision.

All emotion aside, if you get Lymphoma, do you expect your employer to continue paying you when you're not working?

Truth of the matter is that he probably has some disability insurance or something along those lines that will pick up where his salary leaves off.

I don't care what it takes he should get every cent he was due for the rest of the season.

If that means we can't take advantage of the loophole that allows us for more salary cap next year then so be it.

I would be shocked if the Chiefs did that. And I don't think they even could do that.

Next season is a different story.

Why should they have to pay him for 2015?

They shouldn't but he should most definitely get the rest of his money for this season.

Fully vested players are guaranteed their entire year's contract if they are on the roster at the 1st game of the season. To be full vested you have to be in the year for 4 seasons. Eric Berry is in his 5th season.

I don't know if non-football illness allows them to deduct anything or not, but i don't think so.