Chiefs won’t let Patrick Mahomes play basketball, GM says

Like many Chiefs supporters, general supervisor Brett Veach noticed the viral video clip of quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ pickup basketball moves and was anxious.

The panic of an injuries to the NFL’s Most Important Player led Veach to put a simply call to Mahomes’ agent, Leigh Steinberg.

“As soon as I noticed it, it likely took me about 2 seconds to simply call his agent and explain to him that was a big no-no,” Veach explained to Soren Petro of WHB (810 AM) on Thursday.

“The Kingdom can relaxation assure that we have that below command: no far more basketball for Pat.”

Mahomes is competitive in all he does, Veach explained, so that would make it really hard for Mahomes to kick again and just shoot hoops.

“He does not have that filter in his head to type of just have exciting, and not take everything so competitively,” Veach explained.

That’s why Mahomes’ basketball days are more than.

“We were being ready to nip that in the bud and we really feel fantastic with the prepare of no basketball with Pat relocating forward,” Veach explained to Petro.

But San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman, a vice president of the NFL Players’ Association executive committee, wondered if Veach experienced the correct to deny Mahomes the correct to perform basketball. Sherman tweeted: “Haha yea that’s gonna function. If they really do not want him hooping then set it in the deal. It’s not there so he can do as he pleases. Most players do”

Part 3 of an NFL’s player deal addresses “other functions.”

Below is what it suggests: “Without prior composed consent of the Club, Player will not perform soccer or engage in functions related to soccer otherwise than for Club or engage in any exercise other than soccer which might entail a significant risk of own injuries. Player signifies that he has particular, excellent and exceptional expertise, skill, skill, and working experience as a soccer player, the decline of which can not be believed with any certainty and can not be fairly or sufficiently compensated by damages. Player therefore agrees that Club will have the correct, in addition to any other correct which Club might have, to enjoin Player by proper proceedings from playing soccer or participating in soccer-related functions other than for Club or from participating in any exercise other than soccer which might entail a significant risk of own injuries.”