In 2023, Patrick Mahomes signed a $210.6 million contract to stay with the Kansas City Chiefs through the 2026 season. This ranks him among the highest-paid players in the league, but Patrick had an interesting take on the increased cash flow, insisting that he only took the money to help his fellow NFL players. “I don’t want people to be negotiated against me, and so that’s the reason that you do something like I did … just trying to keep the market moving in the right direction. …So not only me but other quarterbacks in other positions can get paid the money they deserve,” Mahomes told ESPN.
But fans clearly felt this tactic was shady. Instead, they wanted to see Mahomes own up to the fact he simply wanted to make more money, rather than putting a do-gooder spin on it. “I like and respect Mahomes. Dude is incredible but this is so corny to say,” one person tweeted to X. “Bro felt a ‘responsibility’ to get Paid,” someone else wrote. “How generous of him to demand more money,” a third joined in.
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In February of that year, Mahomes also raised eyebrows when he gifted his daughter Sterling a $5,000 Chanel mini purse for her second birthday, per People. The move was certainly unconventional, but then again, so is Mahomes.
