Former member Posted September 14, 2014 Share #1 Posted September 14, 2014 He has not been proven guilty yet, so what should happen to him before the court makes a decision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingtermite Posted September 14, 2014 Share #2 Posted September 14, 2014 What should the Vikings do with Adrian Peterson? Vikings are well known for raping and pillaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted September 14, 2014 Share #3 Posted September 14, 2014 Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted September 14, 2014 Nothing.so let him play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted September 14, 2014 Vikings are well known for raping and pillaging. I haven't heard that he was charged with child molestation. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingtermite Posted September 14, 2014 Share #6 Posted September 14, 2014 I haven't heard that he was charged with child molestation. I was talking about punishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted September 15, 2014 Share #7 Posted September 15, 2014 They should shove one of those Viking hats up his rear and make him walk around like that until the end of the indictment rulings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 15, 2014 Share #8 Posted September 15, 2014 Give a couple of linebackers some switches and let them show him "some love". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olas Nah Posted September 15, 2014 Share #9 Posted September 15, 2014 He has not been proven guilty yet, so what should happen to him before the court makes a decision? Zero tolerance. Out of the game period. Let him find a job in the service industry or whatever he's good for other than Football. The Marines are hiring. Maybe he can actually do something useful there, although he'd have to step up his class level a lot. Maybe the Army instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted September 15, 2014 Share #10 Posted September 15, 2014 He has not been proven guilty yet, so what should happen to him before the court makes a decision? Suspend him with pay pending the results of his trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted September 15, 2014 Share #11 Posted September 15, 2014 what's wrong with following the law, the terms of his contract, and NFL policy? or does child abuse mean we get to hold the trial here and on Twitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share #12 Posted September 15, 2014 Suspend him with pay pending the results of his trial.that is what the Vikings did. He is still on the 53 man roster, but was held off the 45 man game day active roster. He got full pay for not playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share #13 Posted September 15, 2014 what's wrong with following the law, the terms of his contract, and NFL policy?the NFL can suspend players for simply being accused of a crime. Ben Roethelisburger was suspended for 6 game(appealed to 4 games) but was never charged with any crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted September 15, 2014 Share #14 Posted September 15, 2014 the NFL can suspend players for simply being accused of a crime well, there's your answer. if the NFL hasn't suspended him and the Vikes think they have a better chance to win with him, then they are within their right to play him this is a business afterall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share #15 Posted September 15, 2014 well, there's your answer. if the NFL hasn't suspended him and the Vikes think they have a better chance to win with him, then they are within their right to play him this is a business afterall I asked the question to see what people think. It took months for the Roethlisburger thing to play out before he got suspended. Aaron Hernandez hasn't been found guilty of murder yet, and he hasn't been suspended. If he could get out on bail, would you want him playing in the league while waiting for his trial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted September 15, 2014 Share #16 Posted September 15, 2014 the reason it seems like there's no "justice" is because teams and the NFL both have reacted to social media firestorms, which sucks actually Can you imagine what the reaction to Michael Irvine snorting coke off a hooker's behind would be today? The trouble with a sports related story is that the sports talking heads on ESPN then think that they are "journalists" when they are really are just there to throw around opinions on the game itself. Then they end up saying all sorts of things and there's no regard for facts, due process, anything its all just a big horsey ride on their moral high horse Since the league is a business, its sometimes best to just to neutralize the issue as fast as possible and by any means necessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share #17 Posted September 15, 2014 Can you imagine what the reaction to Michael Irvine snorting coke off a hooker's behind would be today?the public would probably care very little. Cocaine isn't a PED(unless you are getting high before the game), so only the religious types would make a stink about that. Josh Gordon got a 1year suspension for marijuana, and almost everyone wants the rules to be changed. The league makes it's money because of the public, so public opinion is the only one that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted September 15, 2014 Share #18 Posted September 15, 2014 the public would probably care very little. Cocaine isn't a PED(unless you are getting high before the game), so only the religious types would make a stink about that. dude, you don't remember the media circus around his trial? he got busted by the Dallas police late at night with hookers and blow (during the season no less) and showed up for court in a full length fur coat looking like a pimp anyway... you can discuss this with somebody else now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share #19 Posted September 15, 2014 dude, you don't remember the media circus around his trial? he got busted by the Dallas police late at night with hookers and blow (during the season no less) and showed up for court in a full length fur coat looking like a pimp it was more about race, than the hookers and blow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share #20 Posted September 15, 2014 Adrian Peterson reinstated by Vikings, expected to play at Saints The team announced Monday that its star halfback will fully participate in meetings and practice this week and is expected to play Sunday against the New Orleans Saints. The Vikings had deactivated Peterson, 29, for their game against the New England Patriots yesterday, one day after the 2012 NFL MVP answered a warrant in Texas for his arrest on a charge of causing injury to his son by disciplining him with a tree branch. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/vikings/2014/09/15/adrian-peterson-reinstated-saints-child-negligence-indictment-minnesota/15663317/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted September 15, 2014 Share #21 Posted September 15, 2014 Adrian Peterson reinstated by Vikings, expected to play at Saints The team announced Monday that its star halfback will fully participate in meetings and practice this week and is expected to play Sunday against the New Orleans Saints. The Vikings had deactivated Peterson, 29, for their game against the New England Patriots yesterday, one day after the 2012 NFL MVP answered a warrant in Texas for his arrest on a charge of causing injury to his son by disciplining him with a tree branch. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/vikings/2014/09/15/adrian-peterson-reinstated-saints-child-negligence-indictment-minnesota/15663317/ I wonder if they will stick to their guns after the media starts applying the "pressure". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share #22 Posted September 15, 2014 I wonder if they will stick to their guns after the media starts applying the "pressure". I haven't heard any big complaints yet. Personally I think he deserves to be allowed to play until found guilty, but I'm sure many will disagree. It was nice to see him miss yesterday's game. It made things easy for the Patriots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted September 15, 2014 Share #23 Posted September 15, 2014 It was nice to see him miss yesterday's game. It made things easy for the Patriots. I think Matt made things easy for the Pats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olas Nah Posted September 15, 2014 Share #24 Posted September 15, 2014 I haven't heard any big complaints yet. Personally I think he deserves to be allowed to play until found guilty, but I'm sure many will disagree. It was nice to see him miss yesterday's game. It made things easy for the Patriots. Have you seen the photos of what he did to the kid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share #25 Posted September 15, 2014 Have you seen the photos of what he did to the kid? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted September 16, 2014 Share #26 Posted September 16, 2014 It is an interesting situation, everybody is going to be considered insensitive pretty soon. I predict it is going to turn into some race thing or other, saying that black folks like corporal punishment in general, but that AP was going extreme so's to be the tough love dad that punishes his kids straight and proper and molds them into hardened adult politeness and correctness machines. I believe he thinks that about himself, probably because it had seemingly worked on him from his dad. AP is too good to cut outright and make an example of, but what is a team to do? Lots of pro sports players come from the areas where proper parenting techniques may not be widely bandied about, or extreme measures are taken early on in order to steer kids away from gangs and lives of crime or NJ. It is improper to assume that black folks are all from the ghetto, though, and there is that, plenty of good black parents to point to as examples as well. Also, I mentioned that lots of NFL teams probably have a half-dozen people on the roster who have gone overboard on their kids or by punching up wives and girlfriends that everybody is going to dredge up. This, to go with another dozen or more with drunk driving arrests and a couple of dozen others with assault/battery kinds of things. Too much to suspend every player who might have done something unpleasant in the past, and too much value just to cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 16, 2014 Share #27 Posted September 16, 2014 It is an interesting situation, everybody is going to be considered insensitive pretty soon. I predict it is going to turn into some race thing or other, saying that black folks like corporal punishment in general, but that AP was going extreme so's to be the tough love dad that punishes his kids straight and proper and molds them into hardened adult politeness and correctness machines. I believe he thinks that about himself, probably because it had seemingly worked on him from his dad. AP is too good to cut outright and make an example of, but what is a team to do? Lots of pro sports players come from the areas where proper parenting techniques may not be widely bandied about, or extreme measures are taken early on in order to steer kids away from gangs and lives of crime or NJ. It is improper to assume that black folks are all from the ghetto, though, and there is that, plenty of good black parents to point to as examples as well. Also, I mentioned that lots of NFL teams probably have a half-dozen people on the roster who have gone overboard on their kids or by punching up wives and girlfriends that everybody is going to dredge up. This, to go with another dozen or more with drunk driving arrests and a couple of dozen others with assault/battery kinds of things. Too much to suspend every player who might have done something unpleasant in the past, and too much value just to cut. You're putting a lot of thought into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted September 17, 2014 Share #28 Posted September 17, 2014 I wonder if they will stick to their guns after the media starts applying the "pressure". It took two days for the pressure to overwhelm the Viking management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share #29 Posted September 17, 2014 It took two days for the pressure to overwhelm the Viking management. Placed on the exempt list by the Vikings, but he still gets his game check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olas Nah Posted September 17, 2014 Share #30 Posted September 17, 2014 It is an interesting situation, everybody is going to be considered insensitive pretty soon. I predict it is going to turn into some race thing or other, saying that black folks like corporal punishment in general, but that AP was going extreme so's to be the tough love dad that punishes his kids straight and proper and molds them into hardened adult politeness and correctness machines. I believe he thinks that about himself, probably because it had seemingly worked on him from his dad. AP is too good to cut outright and make an example of, but what is a team to do? Lots of pro sports players come from the areas where proper parenting techniques may not be widely bandied about, or extreme measures are taken early on in order to steer kids away from gangs and lives of crime or NJ. It is improper to assume that black folks are all from the ghetto, though, and there is that, plenty of good black parents to point to as examples as well. Also, I mentioned that lots of NFL teams probably have a half-dozen people on the roster who have gone overboard on their kids or by punching up wives and girlfriends that everybody is going to dredge up. This, to go with another dozen or more with drunk driving arrests and a couple of dozen others with assault/battery kinds of things. Too much to suspend every player who might have done something unpleasant in the past, and too much value just to cut. Too good? He pretty much singlehandedly blew the Vikings' superbowl run a few years ago. Dude can't hold onto the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share #31 Posted September 17, 2014 Too good? He pretty much singlehandedly blew the Vikings' superbowl run a few years ago. Dude can't hold onto the ball. The Vikings wouldn't have had a superbowl run without him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olas Nah Posted September 17, 2014 Share #32 Posted September 17, 2014 The Vikings wouldn't have had a superbowl run without him. They already had Brett Farve for that. Doubling down didn't help things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share #33 Posted September 17, 2014 They already had Brett Farve for that. Doubling down didn't help things.seriously, Peterson is the only real weapon that team has. Did you see them last Sunday? They sucked without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted September 17, 2014 Share #34 Posted September 17, 2014 Placed on the exempt list by the Vikings, but he still gets his game check. That is probably the fair response. If he were a school teacher or some other pedestrian job and received the same indictment, probably would have been suspended with pay pending the trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former member Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share #35 Posted September 17, 2014 That is probably the fair response. If he were a school teacher or some other pedestrian job and received the same indictment, probably would have been suspended with pay pending the trial. I agree. It's hard to have him on the team with all of this going on, but until he's found guilty it's hard to cut that much talent from your roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted September 17, 2014 Share #36 Posted September 17, 2014 You're putting a lot of thought into this. I think about things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted September 17, 2014 Share #37 Posted September 17, 2014 The Vikings wouldn't have had a superbowl run without him. Agreed. Having AP made is so Favre didn't have to go all Tony Romo in the run-up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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