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I know, I know… you’re sick of Adrian Peterson, the drama surrounding him, and our inability to not post about it. As true as that might be for a lot of you, I can promise you that we are not exactly enjoying this particular storyline, and we’ll have a very special article posted Friday morning that will be a great chance to take a break from the Peterson nonsense.
Seriously, you’ll want to be here tomorrow morning to witness one of the best, if not the best, articles we’ve ever posted here at VT.
In the meantime, our star running back took to Twitter Thursday afternoon to vent some frustrations and the result was a cyclone of speculation spewing venom in just about every possible direction.
At this point, Peterson took about a three hour break from the Twitter machine and people naturally judged, one way or the other, what Peterson was trying to say. The one sentiment that seemed to be a consensus, even online where such a thing is as rare as a unicorn, is that Peterson’s social media comments were as poorly timed as they were ill-advised.
The remarks are reminiscent of his “modern day slavery” comments that caused a stir in advance of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement being signed four years ago. His feelings are as valid as anybody’s, but the facts are that the NFLPA agreed to an agreement that allowed for non-guaranteed contacts that also determine the ramifications, if there are any, of releasing a player.
In fact, the NFL’s entire system promises nearly half of their workforce to receive pink slips on an annual basis when teams are forced to trim their rosters prior to the regular season. Peterson, a contractual anomaly in today’s NFL, gains little support from the masses when the perception is out there that he is complaining about finances.
Later in the evening, Peterson’s Twitter account clarified (with suddenly improved punctuation and grammar) that his musings were not directed at his own contractual situation.
Peterson’s call to action is oddly timed, but plenty of people will agree with this final point that the NFL’s contracts are not up to snuff with others in the world of professional sports, but he was a part of the group of men that opted to forego a prolonged strike in 2011 and change is more likely to come from union elections and political sway than from rambling and somewhat cryptic social media tirades.
Time will tell just how satisfied Peterson is with his current contract and situation in Minnesota, and just how far he is willing to go to do something about it, but the longer this situation drags on the more fans will tire of the whole thing.
The NFL has always been a “what have you done for me lately?” league, and all Peterson has done lately is provide a sideshow to the main event, which simply cannot continue into August and September.
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I don't ain't in no none mood to not isn't be hearing bout any some adrian peterson.
Why would he embarrass himself like this?
This the most concise analysis to date.
In fact, the post by Alaskasotan 14 is Duganesqe. It's one trampled Back Judge short of brilliant.
and a little tarvaris jacksonesqe, too. how funny
More guarantees = lower money. Fact. Can you handle that?
NBA players seem happy with fully guaranteed contracts.
Ditto baseball players, and I believe the players in both the NBA and MLB make more than NFL players on average.
Cannot continue. Except that it will, of course.
Next year (2016) AP has a 15 million cap hit- the year after it goes up to 17. If they renegotiated a contract as AP wants, I would assume it would be similar to the more modest contracts that have happened recently. The team chose to hold on to him instead of trading him (appears they can get at least a 1st from Dallas) so if they do want him around longer than this year, it would make sense to give him more guaranteed if he agreed to lower his cap hit to something the team is actually willing to take on in 2016 and make 2017 not crippling if the team decides to move on.
Well, looks like AD got a hold of some good Shi*!!
AP IS MAKING SOME VERY VALID POINTS. Did I get your attention good. More specifically he is, like a true patriot, talking about the concentration of wealth in 1% of the people in this country. If nfl players were able to opt out of their contracts, like there mlb and brethren, they would be able to spend more money quicker America, and contribute to the 70 percent of the nations economy that comes directly from middle class spending!
Awww I'm just funnin. But seriously watch "inequality for all" on Netflix, brilliant dissertation related to the failings of trickle down economics.
If only America would once again back their currency with gold instead of sticking all of our necks out to the whims of a few elite bankers. America's dollar would once again set the standard as opposed to being controlled by FOREIGN bankers. We could erase all phony debt amassed by the FED (sue them) and "We the People" could once again have a true free-market and the trickle down would actually come crashing down onto the middle-class. Oh sorry, wrong website.
Your first sentence had me and I agreed... Then you went into your liberal bull sh** rant and lost any credibility. Being that this is vikings territory and not DFL territory I won't rebuttal.
As for the contact I have always thought the NFL should switch to an NBA style contract system but that would mean much smaller contacts and shorter. It could also mean less player movement.
Haha, gave you a thumbs up on that one old buddy. At least I tried...I'm having issues with that lately.
https://vikingsterritory.com/wp-content/plugins/like-dislike-counter-for-posts-pages-and-comments/images/down.png
See what that looks like....
I had no problem giving myself a thumbsup. Try it again. lol
Vikings - Employer
Peterson - Employee
If Peterson thinks he is getting the raw deal, he can seek employment elsewhere. However, thanks to his union, that new job won't be in the NFL. Reading his tweets, it's clear his true calling should be ditch digging.
........at least he still has an outside chance to earn a payday from that "Dancing With The Stars" show
...........................in ten years......
Except he cannot find employment in his chosen field elsewhere because of a government allowed monopoly.
It is not a government allowed monopoly. There could always be competition- USFL, XFL, AFL, LFL- the thing is- people tune in to the NFL to see the best face off against the best- the monoloy is created by the market- not the government
natradamus is mostly correct; the little anti-trust exemption the league has was to allow the AFL-NFL merger, which is not to say that there have not been accusations of anti-competitive behavior on the league's part. However, the NFL, unlike Major League Baseball, has never been able to win broad anti-trust exemptions from either Congress or the Courts.
FYI, if the NFL loses the trial that may finally happen in the case of American Needle vs. the NFL, the monopoly that the League put in place for uniforms, jerseys and apparel could be broken up which could result in better and - Please, Jesus! - longer-lasting uniform designs.
Lower the asking price and trade him to the AFC if he is unwilling to lower his cap hit in exchange for a guarantee.
Don't forget to neuter and spay your pets folks.
Pay him 8 Million each of the next three years, guarantee him 5,4, and 3. Happy with that ya moron?