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The Breeze wrote:All good points, Jim....which just leads to the unfortunate reality of "it is what it is".
I don't think the NFL has anything more than it's own best interests in mind and those are simple equations based on sponsors input IMO.
Too many lawyers.
Many thought that he might get "time served" for the missed games and then a fine, which would have been a very fair and reasonable solution. The idea behind an unpaid suspension is to punish a player by causing him to miss both playing time with his team and the compensation he would receive for those games, correct? Peterson already missed more than 6 games of playing time. Goodell could have easily said Peterson's punishment was 6 games missed, plus an additional 2 games for "aggravated circumstances" and then fined Peterson a total of 8 game checks and let him come back for the remainder of the season. Instead, for obviously image and money-driven reasons, he's going to make Peterson miss nearly an entire season.Pseudo Everything wrote:Six games without pay seems about right to me. Peterson plead guilty to reckless assault against a four year old child. Apparently all those statements by Peterson and Hardin about how he didn't do anything wrong and wanted his day in court to be exonerated was just hot air. Maybe they decided those pictures were going to be impossible to explain away.
Under the NFL's new personal conduct policy, first time offenders can get up to six games (or more for aggravated circumstances). What did people expect Godell to do? Reinstate him? Of course he was going to be punished; the only question was how long his suspension would be. The idea that getting paid without playing was any kind of substantive punishment makes no sense to me
I just don't see how the Vikings can get anything in trade for AP. They have absolutely zero leverage. He has a mega contract, playing a non-premium position. Other teams know the Vikings will be hard-pressed to keep him. Why on earth would an NFL GM give up a draft pick?Purple bruise wrote: I agree with this but would add that I hope that they can trade him somewhere for a draft pick/picks. I hope they can control where he ends up and hopefully out of the NFC. I can just imagine him signing with the Lions and watching him destroy the Vikings for the next 3-4 years. You can bet that he will come back and play with a vengence no matter where he ends up.
Either way I wish him good luck with his family life and his career. I doubt that any player has ever worked harder at his profession as has AD. Every one deserves a 2nd chance.
I don't think anyone will dispute that - that's just the lay of the land in corporate America, the NFL is no different. Goodell's job is to make the NFL as profitable as possible.Mothman wrote:Instead, for obviously image and money-driven reasons, he's going to make Peterson miss nearly an entire season.
To ensure he got Peterson over another GM who might want to sign him.J. Kapp 11 wrote:I just don't see how the Vikings can get anything in trade for AP. They have absolutely zero leverage. He has a mega contract, playing a non-premium position. Other teams know the Vikings will be hard-pressed to keep him. Why on earth would an NFL GM give up a draft pick?
PurpleKoolaid wrote:Goodell wanted to save his job. He may have now. So we get the shaft twice.
His job security doesn't rely on what the players or their union think of him, it relies primarily on how well the owners feel he is serving/protecting their interests.PurpleMustReign wrote: If anything, I think this makes his job shakier. The PLAYERS can't trust him now, and he went against the CBA. He also went against the policy that he created because he #### things up with Ray Rice in the first place. I don't see this as making his job more secure.
I dont like Deadspin and there's irony in one of their writers going on about exploitation (just look at that headline alone!) but there were certainly some excellent points in that editorial. Thanks for the link.dead_poet wrote:How The NFL Exploited A Child Abuser To Restore Its Brand
http://deadspin.com/how-the-nfl-exploit ... 1660155478
With that in mind, I think the Vikings have to be cautious in how they respond. If they are seen to be more on the side of Goodell's NFL, then they may have difficulty attracting free agents...Mothman wrote: His job security doesn't rely on what the players or their union think of him, it relies primarily on how well the owners feel he is serving/protecting their interests.
@TomPelissero -- Arbitrator Shyam Das has ruled the NFL can keep Adrian Peterson on the exempt list.
I thought the NFLPA would drive for a change to that aspect of the CBA after the suspensions of Kevin Williams et. al. back in 2009(?). But they didn't. They were apparently more interested in bigger matters and failed to get around to making material, but much needed, changes to that aspect of life in the NFL. It rears it's ugly head again in this situation.Mothman wrote: That seems to be true and I think the current CBA is in place until 2021. However, if Goodell and the league continue down the path they're on, they might want to prepare for a strike and a lost season in 2021 because I suspect the union will drive a much, much harder bargain next time around. Any billionaires out there hoping to start an alternate league? That might be the year to do it.
