The NFL has been botching
pretty much every important call they've had to make recently, off the field at
least.
So that's probably why NFL
commissioner Roger Goodell dropped the hammer on Minnesota Viking Adrian
Peterson.
Peterson has been dealing with
the legal issues stemming from his overzealous disciplining of his son that
lead to a reckless assault charge.
He will have to pay a $4,000
fine and do 80 hours of community service. But that's just the legal side of
things.
Now he has to deal with the
NFL's decision to suspend him for the rest of the year… without pay!!
The letter that informed
Peterson of Goodell's decision to suspend him read:
"The timing of your
potential reinstatement will be based on the results of the counseling and
treatment program set forth in this decision. Under this two-step approach, the
precise length of the suspension will depend on your actions. We are prepared
to put in place a program that can help you to succeed, but no program can
succeed without your genuine and continuing engagement. You must commit
yourself to your counseling and rehabilitative effort, properly care for your
children, and have no further violations of law or league policy."
Peterson apparently has three
days to file an appeal if he doesn't agree with the decision.
He'll allegedly be filing an
appeal immediately. The earliest he'd be up for reinstatement is April 15th,
2015!
We hope he's got a whole bunch
of money saved up, otherwise that's a long time with no paycheck. Though maybe
that'll give him time to think about how to discipline his child without
inflicting obscene physical damage.
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