Bengals resign cut player Devon Still just to pay for his daughters cancer treatment

[Thebesteva]

A rare and classy move by a sports organization

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The Cincinnati Benglas aren't giving up on Devon Still, or his cancer-stricken daughter.
Cutting Devon Still was strictly a football decision by the Cincinnati Bengals. Keeping him on the practice squad could be a life-saving one.
After failing to make the Bengals' 53-man roster, the defensive tackle was given a spot on the team's practice squad in order to help pay for his four-year-old daughter's cancer treatment.
“They could have washed their hands with me and said they didn’t care about what I was going through off the field,” Still told ABC News. “It’s like a blessing in disguise for me.”
The Bengals will pay Still $6,300 a week and provide him with medical insurance for daughter Leah, who completed her fourth round of chemotherapy for stage-4 pediatric cancer last week.

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Cincinnati Bengals sign DT Devon Still to practice squad to help him pay for daughter’s cancer treatment
“We’re going to go to battle with cancer," Still said. "She’s willing to put up a fight to beat it.
Still, a three-year veteran out of Penn State, will also have a lighter traveling schedule than his Bengals teammates, allowing him to spend more time at home with his child.
It's the most he could hope for given the cir stances.
“I completely understand where the Bengals were coming from when they cut me because I couldn’t give football 100 percent right now.”

[The Gemini Method]

That is a pretty cool move by the Bengals. Classy as

[Pelicans78]

[chunticakes]

$6,300 a week. For practice.

[manufan10]

Good move by the Bengals.

[weebo]

$6,300 a week. For practice.

So what? The NFL rakes in billions a year, nothing wrong for an organization to give something back every once in a while to those guys who help them generate all that money.

[Kawhi]

Cool, now give AJ a new contract

[Silver&Black]

Bengals.....

[DPG21920]

What an awesome story

[Chinook]

How is Still as a player? Was he cut because he's not very good, or is it just that he understandably doesn't have his head in the game now? If it's the latter, then it's also a smart investment the team is making by keeping him around while both saving a roster spot and keeping him from gaining another accrued season. If it's the former, it's still a nice thing to do.

[Robz4000]

[spurraider21]

[FkLA]

$6,300 a week. For practice.

Thats like 300k a year. Is that common for practice squad players? Holy .

Classy move by the Bengals though.

[Aztecfan03]

Thats like 300k a year. Is that common for practice squad players? Holy .

Classy move by the Bengals though.

the season is only 17 weeks. so its about $107,000 which is still awesome. Someone could spend a few years on nfl practice squad and continue education in the offseasoon.

[Aztecfan03]

How is Still as a player? Was he cut because he's not very good, or is it just that he understandably doesn't have his head in the game now? If it's the latter, then it's also a smart investment the team is making by keeping him around while both saving a roster spot and keeping him from gaining another accrued season. If it's the former, it's still a nice thing to do.

He has played in 18 games through two years for the bengals. He injured his elbow and had a herniated disc last year though. It sounds like he is good enough and the Bengals plan to use him this year.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/spor...cent/14937035/