Should Adrian Peterson be allowed to play?

Andrewsgal · September 2014

So should he be playing until the legal stuff is worked out or should he be suspended. For those of you living under a rock. https://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11537857/minnesota-governor-mark-dayton-says-minnesota-vikings-suspend-adrian-peterson

penguingrrl · September 2014

No he shouldn't. He should never play again.

HBirdie · September 2014

Absolutely not.

goillini823 · September 2014

He needs to go.

kcisthebombdotcom · September 2014

Nonononono

orangegoggles · September 2014

Is this a real question? Hell no he shouldn't play.

But the problem is that he is a great player and has been one of the main "faces" of the NFL...so of course they are now going down play this whole thing as much as possible...ya know like letting him play this week...wtf.

Andrewsgal · September 2014

orangegoggles said:
Is this a real question? Hell no he shouldn't play.

But the problem is that he is a great player and has been one of the main "faces" of the NFL...so of course they are now going down play this whole thing as much as possible...ya know like letting him play this week...wtf.

Read some of the comments online you would be amazed how many people think he should play.

orangegoggles · September 2014

Andrewsgal said:

Is this a real question? Hell no he shouldn't play.

But the problem is that he is a great player and has been one of the main "faces" of the NFL...so of course they are now going down play this whole thing as much as possible...ya know like letting him play this week...wtf.
Read some of the comments online you would be amazed how many people think he should play.

Yea, I hear you but the whole situation makes me so angry. If he was just any old player they would have suspended him. Apparently winning is more important than the well being of children.

lexusolsen · September 2014

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/which-nfl-team-employs-the-least-amount-of-terrible-people-20140912

I thought this was interesting. Doesn't hurt that my team comes out ahead.
Eta: stupid emoticons.

MesmrEwe · September 2014

It's Ziggy's call - for better or worse.

IMO, legally, they have to play him unless he's in jail or convicted. Once there's a conviction (such as in the Rice situation admission of guilt/fine payment), then go from there with the appropriate suspension and fines.

Andrewsgal · September 2014

MesmrEwe said:
It's Ziggy's call - for better or worse.
IMO, legally, they have to play him unless he's in jail or convicted. Once there's a conviction (such as in the Rice situation admission of guilt/fine payment), then go from there with the appropriate suspension and fines.

Does the fact that he admitted it come into play at all?

lexusolsen · September 2014

CnAmom said:

lexusolsen said:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/which-nfl-team-employs-the-least-amount-of-terrible-people-20140912

I thought this was interesting. Doesn't hurt that my team comes out ahead.
Eta: stupid emoticons.
That will make my H very happy.

Well, Charger fans know we need to take all the good press we can get!

fintin · September 2014

Nope nope nope!

ordinary1 · September 2014

No he shouldn't play, especially with the allegations of abusing his other child as well. I am glad to see at least one sponsor has dropped the Vikings.

MesmrEwe · September 2014

auroraloo said:

Andrewsgal said:

It's Ziggy's call - for better or worse.
IMO, legally, they have to play him unless he's in jail or convicted. Once there's a conviction (such as in the Rice situation admission of guilt/fine payment), then go from there with the appropriate suspension and fines.
Does the fact that he admitted it come into play at all?

Mesmrewe, do you think that because you're a Minnesotan?

My take it, legally, he is innocent until proven guilty. HOWEVER, he admitted to it, and it sure as hell violates some sort of morality code in his contract. So he doesn't have to be allowed to play.

I'm actually a Packer fan and diehard cheesehead.. He's still innocent until proven guilty in a COURT OF LAW not the Circus Court of Public Opinion... Admission does not equal a plea in court. The NFL and Ziggy have to tread lightly right now in regard to his case in a catch 22..

The bigger crime is the Vikings are getting an over BILLION dollar stadium on the backs of us, the taxpayers...

LatteLady5 · September 2014

No. He hit his child with a branch leaving marks all over the boy's body. He admitted to doing it. He should not be allowed to play football again. This should not even be a question.

Andrewsgal · September 2014

LatteLady5 said:
No. He hit his child with a branch leaving marks all over the boy's body. He admitted to doing it. He should not be allowed to play football again. This should not even be a question.

Well it's not really my question so slow down. When I posted this he was still playing as of today he is not.

LatteLady5 · September 2014

Andrewsgal said:

No. He hit his child with a branch leaving marks all over the boy's body. He admitted to doing it. He should not be allowed to play football again. This should not even be a question.
Well it's not really my question so slow down. When I posted this he was still playing as of today he is not.

That last part was not directed at you AG...I'm overly irritated at the bozos I keep seeing defend him. I don't care how or where he was raised or that he turned out "okay" because he was whipped. Hitting a child with a branch is child abuse and he should lose his job.

Andrewsgal · September 2014

CnAmom said:
Did they sit him out? I thought I heard some of their sponsors were threatening to jump ship if they didn't.

Yep. It seems abuse is fine until your sponsors say it isn't.

Aussie45 · September 2014

I jumped down DH's and FIL throats last night. DH was talking about a coworker who doesn't see anything wrong with this and is pissed that they're benching him. I started to get really mad when DH told me this last night, and went on a tangent about how 'sure it's totes ok to beat your child with a switch (sp?) and leave marks all over his legs'. Both DH and FIL told me I needed to not be mad at her, that I didn't even know her, and that I needed to just calm down. I went off and told both of them it didn't matter who said this, I would get irritated with anybody who had such skewed views of a guy being able to play a fucking game for their special snowflake team because 'what he did wasn't that bad' (<-her words). Nope nope nope.

Fallbaby11 · September 2014

I think the NFL should have a policy for players who have commited crimes in general so they are consistent. Hopefully the recent events have shown the NFL they need to get something in place and fast!

chelseymat · September 2014

Doesn't the NFL have a code of conduct? Isn't the point of a code of conduct to create a set of rules and ensure everyone is held to the same standard? So hitting your kid is totes ok and hitting your wife is totes not ok? Makes no fucking sense. Yes, everyone who does something like this should lose their job. I can assure you both DH and I would lose our jobs for an open CPS case.

bumpuser8448316 · September 2014

auroraloo said:

Andrewsgal said:

It's Ziggy's call - for better or worse.
IMO, legally, they have to play him unless he's in jail or convicted. Once there's a conviction (such as in the Rice situation admission of guilt/fine payment), then go from there with the appropriate suspension and fines.
Does the fact that he admitted it come into play at all?

Mesmrewe, do you think that because you're a Minnesotan?

My take it, legally, he is innocent until proven guilty. HOWEVER, he admitted to it, and it sure as hell violates some sort of morality code in his contract. So he doesn't have to be allowed to play.

This is where I'm at. He's never once denied doing it, and it has to violate code of conduct

notkateanymore · September 2014

lly

MesmrEwe said:

auroraloo said:

Andrewsgal said:

It's Ziggy's call - for better or worse.
IMO, legally, they have to play him unless he's in jail or convicted. Once there's a conviction (such as in the Rice situation admission of guilt/fine payment), then go from there with the appropriate suspension and fines.
Does the fact that he admitted it come into play at all?

Mesmrewe, do you think that because you're a Minnesotan?

My take it, legally, he is innocent until proven guilty. HOWEVER, he admitted to it, and it sure as hell violates some sort of morality code in his contract. So he doesn't have to be allowed to play.

I'm actually a Packer fan and diehard cheesehead.. He's still innocent until proven guilty in a COURT OF LAW not the Circus Court of Public Opinion... Admission does not equal a plea in court. The NFL and Ziggy have to tread lightly right now in regard to his case in a catch 22..
The bigger crime is the Vikings are getting an over BILLION dollar stadium on the backs of us, the taxpayers...

I think you're kidding. But beating a 4 year old until he bleeds is always the bigger crime. And legally they don't have to ever let him play another down of football. They might have to pay him, depending on his contract but no legally he doesn't have to play and shouldn't.

MesmrEwe · September 2014

AP still makes out right now because they're required to pay him given what the local media has said now that he's been pulled. I'd rather see a line of 8 guys fresh and ready to take some cheap shots at him harder than they'd otherwise have the refs let them get away with in a few games ala the Saints of previous seasons...

I agree with the PP though - the NFL needs to get its act together with their policies and not create reactionary ones and punishments arbirarily. It's one thing when NASCAR finds an easily correctable safety issue (i.e. not getting out of your car on the track if you're in a wreck), to instantly change. It's another when the NFL is "Crowd rule" instead of proactively saying "what is acceptable, what isn't, and here's the set consequences.." especially since there are as many players arrested in the course of a year as there are!!! (AP ain't the only _____ in the NFL right now!)... Heck, allow an extra day of training camp for a "Parental disciplining 101" day because apparently this is FAR more widespread in the entire sport than just AP!

bumpuser8448316 · September 2014

Well said D&W. I really truly believe he didn't think he was abusing his kid. Make no mistake- it was abuse, but I believe him when he says he didn't think it was.

Andrewsgal · September 2014

@diapersnwipes‌ Texas where the situation happened is a state it is still legal to paddle in schools. In fact his home that this took place is in the same upper class community I grew up in and all of us were spanked. I am adamantly against spanking and what AP did was far beyond that. However I think people spank because they truly have no other tools and they believe they are doing what's best for their children. AP needs to go to jail IMO and I hope he does but I get your point.

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