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Vikings: Adrian Peterson to return

The evidence of bloody wounds on the child's body and eyewitness testimony and Peterson's admission .. all is sufficient to indict on child abuse.

One does not inflict wounds on a child.

Frequently when such wounds are inflicted, the parent is not providing correction but is venting emotion, and it is the venting of emotion that causes the striking to be excessive sufficient to cause such wounds. When such venting of emotion occurs, the parent is out of control.

So, according to our laws, Peterson needs to be indicted, etc.

But, The Vikings and the NFL are, once again, out of line depriving Peterson of his paycheck.

This is a public matter, the realm of our legal justice system.

This is not a private (enterprise) matter, the realm of the Vikings and the NFL.

Peterson should remain with the team, innocent until PROVEN guilty, and, if he's proven guilty and his punishment still allows him the freedom to play for the Vikings, he should be allowed to do so.

There is no excuse for preventing anyone from earning a living in such a situation as this other than because that person is compelled by our legal justice system to be unavailable.

If the Vikings want to make him "invisible" for a while, then, if that's justified, they may do so.

But, not without pay!

The court of public opinion is looking to punish Peterson, especially the liberal "justices".

But the court of public opinion is, without question, not a court at all.

Those wanting to deprive Peterson of his paycheck because they seek vengeance for what was done to them in the past by taking that out on others .. should just shut up and go away, back to their therapist.
 

Honestly, I think his biggest mistake was using a switch. I think had he of used a paddle or fly swatter, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Forty years ago people would of rolled their eyes at this, but by today's definition I will say that it would classify as abuse. And let's face it, today's society isn't exactly that much more superior to other generations that have come before this was deemed as abuse. I think he should be suspended, I don't think this should cost him the career though like it did with Ray Rice. And unless the mother comes out and says Ray is a horrible father and has a history of this, I don't think it should also cost him his kid.
 
Isn't he divorced? Just give mom full custody.
 
I bet 1:2 he doesn't play Sunday this evening.
 
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You simply cannot downplay a kid getting whipped all over his body. I'm not saying he should lose his kid or even his football career. I'm saying he shouldn't escape the legal consequence of committing an act of child abuse.
 
Meadowlark said:
His son was 4 years old and the punishment left bloody marks along bruises on his back, rear end, thighs and hands, he also stuffed leaves in the child's mouth. Children need discipline but at the age of 4, this was too much.
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I saw the pics. He went way over the line. The grand jury thinks so too.
 
Well for hells sake. Now there is a second report of him leaving a scar on the forehead of a second child because the boy wouldnt stand still to take his whuppin...
 
Muhammed said:
I saw the pics. He went way over the line. The grand jury thinks so too.
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It is a sad commentary on our culture that there are idiots who care more about prisoners in GITMO than they do the children of Sports stars.... or children in general.
 
VanceMack said:
Well for hells sake. Now there is a second report of him leaving a scar on the forehead of a second child because the boy wouldnt stand still to take his whuppin...
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This should be the end of Adrian Peterson and Roger Goodell. If the NFL culture is to only care when the truth gets out then they are an organization geared towards coverups.
 
Good.

Unlike many/most of you people, I do not believe in punishing someone for a crime until they have actually been convicted in court.

Innocent until proven guilty.


And if he is not convicted of a crime in this case, then the matter is no one else's business but his and the other families (I don't care what his contract says).
 
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Look how cute and 'nonjudgmental' you are...
 


You don't need a court in this case regarding his position with the NFL. Peterson admits that the multiple open wounds and scars on the 4 year old boy are his doing. Regardless of how a jury decides on the case the NFL and the Vikings can still decide based on that uncontested evidence if a man who brutalizes 4 year olds is someone they want in their league.

Imagine if, like the Ray Rice incident, there was video of Peterson beating that little boy bloody while the little boy tried to scream with a mouth stuffed full of leaves.

None of this is contested by Peterson.

Cut him from. It's far less punishment than he doled out to a child that is likely too young to even understand why his daddy is cutting him literally.

Like I said, give him a pathway back into the NFL, but it runs through a series of brutal beatings where he is hit in the back, head, legs and scrotum hard enough to break the skin. Beat him that hard, a few times, and then let him limp his sorry ass out on the field.

He's pond scum just for what he admits to.
 
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The Vikings are trying to justify that they suspended a DB who was accused of domestic violence, but are letting Peterson play by saying "Well, it's different circumstances." Those being getting your ass handed to you by the Patriots.

The video doesn't say that. I just like what Cris Carter said.
 


"Hello Adrian, I will be administering your discipline today. Go get your stick."
 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/vikings-bring-back-peterson-despite-073001877--nfl.html
 
ecofarm said:
Keep apologizing for domestic violence and child abuse, real classy.
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Peterson's accusation is not at the same level as Rice's was. He didn't knock out his wife in an elevator. He spanked his kids with a switch, which is something that many parents do. Did he go too far with the spanking? That is for the courts to determine. Peterson has pleaded not guilty, and until the court decides one way or the other, he is still considered innocent. So, while you are honing your pitchfork, please keep that in mind.
 

We have pics (from the doctor that reported the injuries to the police) and he admitted it. He even admits stuffing the 4 year old's mouth with leaves before the beating. Innocent is out of the question.

I hear a couple major sponsors will drop him.


Minnesota governor Mark Dayton says Minnesota Vikings should suspend Adrian Peterson - ESPN

The problem is: only the NFL can suspend Peterson. The team can only deactivate him and then they eat the cost for the NFL's image.
 
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The decision to grant bail to those awaiting trial is based on a variety of factors. One of those factors is evidence.

The evidence in this case is pretty damning(the photos) so I have no problem with the league or the the Vikings suspending him in the name of protecting their brand.
 
Jack Fabulous said:
I have no problem with the league or the the Vikings suspending him in the name of protecting their brand.
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The Vikings cannot suspend him. The article was incorrectly titled. The Gov requested he remain off the field (deactivation).

Seen this?

UPDATED: EXCLUSIVE Details On Adrian Peterson Indictment Charges « CBS Houston

Gee, where is the kid learning that behavior?
 

Yeah. I live in Minnesota so this story is pretty much 24/7. It looks like the cycle of abuse is playing out before our eyes.

I also think the Vikings are making themselves look ridiculous for deactivating him for last week but allowing him to play this week. What does that say? One game for beating a child is the proper punishment? It doesn't make any sense.
 
Jack Fabulous said:
I also think the Vikings are making themselves look ridiculous for deactivating him for last week but allowing him to play this week. What does that say? One game for beating a child is the proper punishment? It doesn't make any sense.
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The Vikings have now placed Peterson on the commissioner's exempt list and he will be deactivated indefinitely.
 
Statement by Viking owners Zygi Wilf and Mark Wilf.


Why the flip-flop? Money. Sponsors and advertisers were beginning to bail.
 
This Vikings move has so little to do with them just losing Radisson, not to mention Gov. Dayton's remarks. Just as their original move to reinstate him had nothing to do with their blowout loss to the Patriots .
 
Simpleχity;1063765874 said:
Statement by Viking owners Zygi Wilf and Mark Wilf.



Why the flip-flop? Money. Sponsors and advertisers were beginning to bail.
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Yup. Money talks.
 


While the legality of his actions are still in question (Guilty or innocent), the actions have already been known and verified. It is quite proper to act on those actions and not just wait for the court ruling. Remember, there are actions that people can do that are legal, yet would warrant action in the form of firing by the employer should those actions be a burden on the employer.
 
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