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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
You don't think they garner more in player goodwill than they could save on the cap?
You sure this move had NOTHING to do with Hali?
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No more than you can say it had
anything to do with Hali.
And no, I don't believe it did. You're telling me that Hali re-signed for $2 million less because we paid Berry his $5 million? So Hali said "ah hell, Eric's a good dude, I'll just subsidize $2 million of his $5 million via paycut"?
No way - I don't buy that for a minute.
I think every time players say "it isn't about the money, it's about respect" we mercilessly mock them for it and with good cause. Respect and money aren't anywhere near the same thing. The Chiefs could absolutely have shown Berry a great deal of respect and supported him through this without just flushing money.
To mock athletes that equate money with giving a shit about them and then turn around and applaud the Chiefs for using money as a proxy for giving a shit about Berry is completely inconsistent.
They can provide EB with all the support in the world - fan nights, rallies, set up a charitable foundation - all kinds of stuff that would show a TON about how they feel about Eric Berry and do so without simply paying him another $5 million they don't owe him.