Because they want to? Not everything has to be about business and football. These are humans with human relationships and human emotions.

Its ok for a team to, once every 50 years or so, put a player before business.

I think it's actually 40M, at least that's what I'm seeing on overthecap, but I agree with your point.

SOCIOPATH!

You're walking covered ground here. Some people would prefer pat themselves on the back and claim moral superiority over simply looking at this logically.

De'Angelo Williams says hi.

Trust me, I get it. But Eric Berry is insured and is a wealthy man. He's not someone that's going to lose his home or be in the poor house.

Nothing to do with that.

It's not my money, i'm not going to condemn a business for an act of good faith, and i don't think the extra cap space would amount to shit anyway.

I simply don't have a problem with it.

I said this earlier and got blasted for it.

Eric has made more than ANY SAFETY IN NFL HISTORY, is covered by insurance and is exactly the reason things like the NFI list is there for.

IMO the Chiefs have 2 legitimate options here:

1) extend his contract with a nice roster bonus in 2016 and a SB of the 5.5m he would earn this year. That's the legit PR bonanza move I prefer them to do.

2) place him on the NFI and pay him part of his salary.

...

Cutting him would send a bad message, but keeping his 5.5m base (after everything) would not only be irresponsible, it would HURT THE TEAMS CHANCES AT WINNING BIG GAMES IN 2015...as has been mentioned, 5.5m is a high quality starter that we would be going without because ...why, again?

But this doesn't even make any sense. By putting him on the NFI list, how are the Chiefs not "taking care of him"?

My wife's company billed over $12 billion in 2012. They didn't pay her salary when she was diagnosed with cancer.

But again, this makes no sense to make the team LESS COMPETITIVE because Eric Berry has cancer.

Seriously Dude, this is some Johnny Cochran shit you're spewing.

Would you be saying the same thing if this was about Alex Smith? Or is this mostly because of the emotional investment in this specific player?

I love Eric Berry as much as anyone, but this is a business and I'm sure Eric of all people understands that.

After all, he has made as much as he has at his age because ITS A BUSINESS.

They likely will put him on the NFI list. There's still a lot of time left. I highly doubt they pay him his full salary and have never assumed they have.

Yes, i understand most business's won't pay for an employee that can't work. So when one does, kudos to them.

As i said, i simply don't care what the Chiefs do with their money, it's not going to get them any closer to a championship regardless.

I wouldn't be mad if they just pay him, but I can't understand how some in this thread think it's the only right way to go about this. Complete emotional overload. Berry is one of my favorite current Chiefs, but whatever the team needs to do in regards to the cap, I'm cool with. Eric will be fine. (financially and hopefully medically)

To some of you it's a business.

To me it's a form of entertainment.

I would say the same thing about any player, simply for the fact that i just dont care what billionaires do with their money.

If Clark Hunt wants to pay Berry because he feels it's the right thing to do, then so be it.

At the end of the day though, i believe berry's salary will be cut and he'll be on the NFI list.

I wonder if there is anything against the rules if the Chiefs were to NFI him and pay him as a spokesperson for cancer awareness or something...

Clark Hunt can compensate Berry in other ways, such as hiring him to do P.R. or in the front office or sign him to a personal services contract and so on.

I don't think that anyone is advocating that the Chiefs turn their back on Berry. But the fact is that he has a non-football illness and the Chiefs can most certainly use the $5 million in cap space. Also, I find it very unlikely that a player of Berry's status and contract doesn't have disability insurance, which would likely pay at least 80%, if not 100% of his salary.

Plus, I'm sure the health insurance fully covers the cost of the cancer treatments. Shit....the Bengals kept Still on and it covered his daughter's treatments.

I would think that they'd have to cut him from the roster, then hire him back in some capacity, that is, if he's willing and able to work.

They've paid him, and paid him handsomely. I'm sure Berry would agree with that, and if the team is forced to move on without him, he would understand that too. I have no doubt the team will deal with him fairly. But as far as salary goes, you can't throw away a limited commodity and advancement opportunity in the form of wasted cap space out of sentimentality if it is doubtful the guy is coming back.

Is this ever elusive 'some' like the Yeti? Nessie?

FWIW, the Texans put David Quessenberry on the NFI last season once it was discovered that he has non-Hodkins lymphoma and he was only a 6th round pick.

The Chiefs put Berry on the list last year.

You're right. No one in this thread is opposed to a Berry pay cut. None in other Berry threads either. Just pages of people agreeing. Sorry to instigate.

How do you figure?

Free up $5 million in cap space and if nothing else it rolls into 2016 and can be used to extend Poe, retain Houston....all kinds of fun stuff.

Unless you're just a complete fatalist and believe that the Chiefs are just multiplying by zero there, it absolutely does get us closer to a championship.

Then again, the board has plenty of complete fatalists so maybe that's the problem.

Alex smith makes people complete fatalist. I like that word.

You were differentiating between those who were OK with KC's decision [plenty], and those who were adamant he not lose a cent no matter what [not so much].

More good news.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl...e17805371.html

Battling cancer, Chiefs safety Eric Berry ‘doing really good,’ brother says

It appears Eric Berry’s treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma continues to go well.

Berry’s younger brother Evan — a sophomore defensive back for the Tennessee Volunteers — told the media Tuesday in Knoxville that his older brother, a safety for the Chiefs, was doing well as he undergoes treatment.

“He’s doing really good,” Evan Berry told reporters. “I think he has three more treatments left. To be honest, I don’t really see it affecting him. He’s a very strong person, and he’s continued to keep strong.”

Evan Berry said he was originally worried about his other brother after he received the diagnosis late last season, but Eric remained confident he would beat it.

“It was scary,” Berry said. “But he wasn’t worried, so I wasn’t worried.”

Hodgkin lymphoma accounts for about 10 percent of lymphoma cases and is considered to be highly curable. Team chairman Clark Hunt and general manager John Dorsey visited Berry in Atlanta in January and receive regular updates on his status.

Bring him in for a look?

That is awesome news. Even though he has "stayed strong" I don't see any chance he will play this season. But maybe he will be back in '16.

I also like the comment about Hunt and Dorsey going to Atlanta. :thumb:

Is considered highly curable, huh?

Only has 3 treatments left.

Maybe he can be back for the playoffs..?

Let's hope so. But the dude who played Spartacus had the same kind of cancer, had treatments and was ready to come back and start filming again when the cancer came back and ended up killing him.

Pops had it in '75, and is puttering around his retirement compound as we speak.

Paul Newman?

There's a hell of a difference between an 83 year old and a 29 year old battling health issues.

Nope. Andy Whitfield.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...35_306x468.jpg

Eric Berry's diagnosis is Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Andy Whitfield was diagnosed w/ Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL).

There can be quite a difference. NHL is any form of Lymphoma that is not Hodgkin's and ranges in severity from slow growing to very aggressive.

It sounds like that while Whitfield's initial diagnosis was Stage 1 NHL, his relapse was much more aggressive.

Cue Larry David "good Hodgkin's" scene

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Eric's a great guy and a tremendous leader on this team. Hope he's cancer free soon.

Again, kiss my ass Hootie.

Here it is

LMAO

**** you, Hootie

Stupid loudmouth kids these days.

Gee, I guess this is the post that Pizza Boy referred when he stated that I wanted to cut Eric Berry.

:rolleyes:

Pizza Boy gon' be Pizza Boy

Hootie looks like a jackass right now.

Hootie NEVER forgets
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