‘Kareem Cut Kareem’ — The Athletic article with all the details

[pugsnotdrugs19]

This comes from the Athletic’s Nate Taylor and requires subscription (or you can use a one week free trial to read... I’m not going to include the actual article, but I will give the details that you’ll want to know. And full disclosure, it’s sad as ****.

Tears streamed down Kareem Hunt’s cheeks Friday evening after he learned of his fate with the Kansas City Chiefs, the team he had starred for in 2017 and ’18. Hunt cried in front of his coaches and members of the front office, according to multiple league sources with knowledge of the situation. With trembling emotion in his voice, Hunt apologized for his mistake and pleaded to the Chiefs to reconsider their decision...

It really felt like a funeral,” one source told The Athletic on Saturday...

...As Hunt was dealing with the shock of his contract being terminated, he also was given an emphatic message from multiple team officials, according to sources close to the team: The Chiefs don’t want Hunt’s future to be similar to what former NFL running back Ray Rice experienced....

..The Chiefs told Hunt that he would never play in their uniform again, but that they would do what they could to help him remain in the NFL if he takes the necessary steps to improve his behavior and make better decisions in the future...

...Before the Chiefs left Kansas City for Oakland on Saturday, team officials told Hunt they wanted him to continue to receive counseling — which he had done this season through the team — after being placed on the NFL’s Commissioner Exempt list. According to a team source, the Chiefs called the NFL twice Friday afternoon to express their desire to have Hunt enrolled in a new counseling program through the league, even as the league continues its investigation of the incident...

...The Chiefs expect Hunt to be suspended six games for violating the NFL’s personal-conduct policy once the league ends its investigation, which is expected to happen this offseason...

...The Chiefs, according to multiple league sources, knew video evidence of the altercation existed, but they were told by the NFL to stop pursuing it later in February once the league began its investigation. The league, however, couldn’t obtain the video.

Hunt complicated his situation, according to a team source, by not informing the Chiefs of the incident later in the day on Feb. 10. The Chiefs learned of Hunt’s altercation after it became public through two police reports, neither of which included anything about Hunt kicking the woman. In the months that followed, the Chiefs on multiple occasions asked Hunt to be completely truthful about what happened that night. “I never left the (hotel) room,” Hunt told the Chiefs each time. “I didn’t do a thing.”...

...According to a team source, the Chiefs anticipate multiple teams will attempt to sign Hunt — who has recorded 2,984 all-purpose yards and 25 total touchdowns in just 27 games — if NFL commissioner Roger Goodell rules him eligible to play again.

The Chiefs, in an effort to help their former player, plan to explain to inquiring teams who Hunt was as a person — compassionate, jovial and proudly involved in community events — under their structure and watch. Several members of the Chiefs hope to see Hunt in an NFL uniform again, and after a tearful goodbye with their former star, the Chiefs want Hunt to grow from his mistakes and the necessary counseling...

...“Coach (Andy Reid) didn’t cut Kareem, (general manager) Brett (Veach) didn’t cut Kareem and (owner) Clark (Hunt) didn’t cut Kareem,” a source told The Athletic. “Kareem cut Kareem.”

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi

It has nothing to do with PC. My boss has always told everyone who works for him that we will always have a job unless we lie, cheat, or steal. Kareem broke one of those rules, I absolutely see why he is gone.

Ive had too many people to count work for me in the last 18 years, lying will get you fired before most anything else.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Dude cost himself tens of millions of dollars

At least $20MM according to the article.

[Hamwallet]

Originally Posted by kcpasco

6 game suspension is the standard

And then what... We are building a dynasty right now. When you are going after a 10 year run you can’t start off giving passes to dipshits.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by kcpasco

“Kareem cut Kareem” LOL what kind of dumb ass buys this?

Oh, probably because he LIED?

News flash, dumbass. If you are under suspicion or investigation for whatever it is, you best better tell the truth right off the bat. Because eventually, it will come out.

If he had been truthful right from the beginning, perhaps he may had not gotten cut. Unfortunately, we won't ever know.

Kareem cut Kareem is accurate.

[Iconic]

Damn. This just makes me feel like shit. Although I get Clark's decision, I still feel he overreacted. He could have taken the heat. The kid was just young, drunk, and scared of the consequences. Wish this had turned out differently but it's the way things go I guess... because Chiefs.

[3rd&Long]

Talent is the ultimate trump card for NFL players and their status except when evidence surfaces of this sort. Most any of us would be fired by our employers if we were in his place, and, rightfully so. What the hell are these guys thinking?

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Iconic

Damn. This just makes me feel like shit. Although I get Clark's decision, I still feel he overreacted. He could have taken the heat. The kid was just young, drunk, and scared of the consequences. Wish this had turned out differently but it's the way things go I guess... because Chiefs.

He should had just gone back to him room, called security, and stayed there until this whole thing is settled.

Unfortunately, he decided to take matters into his hands.

[MMXcalibur]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

For him to tell the Chiefs that he didn’t even leave his hotel room when the video clearly shows otherwise... that’s just a blatant lie that he held on to for 9 months.

Yup, Kareem did himself a disservice by not being up front about the whole ordeal from the get go. I don't know if that would have saved him from getting cut though. The Chiefs brass seemed like they had their mind made up immediately after seeing the video.

[Hamwallet]

Originally Posted by Iconic

Damn. This just makes me feel like shit. Although I get Clark's decision, I still feel he overreacted. He could have taken the heat. The kid was just young, drunk, and scared of the consequences. Wish this had turned out differently but it's the way things go I guess... because Chiefs.

He is young and he was drunk. But he should have said what happened right when he was asked. Who is his agent? Did he lie to him as well? I guarantee he said “tell them everything”.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

If he comes clean from the get go, I bet he’s suspended 6 games to start the year and we never release him. Life would have went on, much like with Elliott in Dallas. Just ****ing tragic.

At this point I just hope he gets a 2nd chance and revives his career.

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by KCtotheSB

Yup, Kareem did himself a disservice by not being up front about the whole ordeal from the get go. I don't know if that would have saved him from getting cut though. The Chiefs brass seemed like they had their mind made up immediately after seeing the video.

Yes. Because HE ****ING LIED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED!!! If he's honest and upfront and tells them he got into a drunken scuffle with some racist chick from the get go he gets a multi game suspension and goes to therapy at the absolute worst.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by KCtotheSB

Yup, Kareem did himself a disservice by not being up front about the whole ordeal from the get go. I don't know if that would have saved him from getting cut though. The Chiefs brass seemed like they had their mind made up immediately after seeing the video.

If an employee told me the truth right from the get-go, and the video evidence proves his testimony, I'd still be angry obviously, but at the same time, he was honest with me, so that does weigh into the factor of the decision making.

Unfortunately, he lied, and video evidence proves that, I'm sure it wasn't too much of a difficult decision.

[FloridaMan88]

For those who were worried about “team chemistry”/“morale”... Hunt probably lied to his team mates as well.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Kudos to Veach for loading up the RB position before the season even started. He had a clue.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by Coach

He should had just gone back to him room, called security, and stayed there until this whole thing is settled.

Unfortunately, he decided to take matters into his hands.

Hunt should have a 6'10" bouncer in his entourage who's job is to literally pick him up and carry him away from any situations like this.