So the NFL has suspended Peterson for the remainder of the season without pay. Should be interesting to see how the NFLPA and Peterson respond. He’s already appealed, and the union president is already making the morning sports talk show rounds to talk about how the Commissioner is arbitrary, doesn’t use the process, etc.
So the NFL has suspended Peterson for the remainder of the season without pay. Should be interesting to see how the NFLPA and Peterson respond. He’s already appealed, and the union president is already making the morning sports talk show rounds to talk about how the Commissioner is arbitrary, doesn’t use the process, etc.
As a former Peterson fan, I don’t really care if he ever plays again. I wasn’t surprised at all to read that this morning. I predicted when this all happened that he would never play another down as a Viking. I guess we will see next year.
The process is, there really isn’t a process. the NFLPA collectively bargained that the commissioner will be judge/jury/executioner and now they don’t like it.
I have zero sympathy for AP. Personally I think he should be in jail. He got paid to sit on his ass while going through the legal system, he should consider himself lucky.
As an employer, if I punish one employee differently than I punish another employee, I face consequences.
Specifically, if I fire or reprimand employee A for not meeting standards and he was working with employee B, I have to fire or reprimand employee B as well (my firsthand experience with Texas workforce laws).
I am very curious how this plays out from an employment law standpoint as the NFL is anything but consistent in punishment.
I bet the NFL loses this one.
As an employer, if I punish one employee differently than I punish another employee, I face consequences.
Specifically, if I fire or reprimand employee A for not meeting standards and he was working with employee B, I have to fire or reprimand employee B as well (my firsthand experience with Texas workforce laws).
I am very curious how this plays out from an employment law standpoint as the NFL is anything but consistent in punishment.
I bet the NFL loses this one.
Minnesota is an at will state. I’m assuming the Vikings can fire anyone for any reason at my time.
Minnesota is an at will state. I’m assuming the Vikings can fire anyone for any reason at my time.
What happens to their salary cap if they fire (cut) Peterson though? I suspect the salary cap hit for a suspended player is much less painful than the hit from just cutting someone (but I’m not sure exactly how that works…).
I guess Ziggy Wilf has finally realized the Vikings are not making the playoffs and playing Adrian will hurt their chances of getting a good draft position. Stay classy Ziggy… Stay classy.
Ray Rice is still getting millions so I bet they will have to pay out Peterson quite a bit.
I cannot help but feel like this is a back-hand from the Ginger Ape. Peterson has been lipping off for a couple days about how the NFL “owes him” a decision. I think the Ginger Ape said, “you want a decision? You want a decision??? Fine! F-U!”
I am wondering how/when the NFL got into the parenting business. If you read the letter from the Ginger Ape, it says Peterson cannot “engage in the same behavior.” Hell, his criminal plea agreement does not ban him from engaging in “legal” corporal punishment. So, if Peterson gives child #3 a “legal” spanking, for example, and baby momma #3 calls the Ginger Ape, will he have to weigh in on whether the spanking was proper parenting? Will this cost AP more games?
If the “switch in the hands” of Peterson was a “weapon,” as the Ginger Ape states, what does that make AP’s NFL-tested-rock-hard hands?
As an employer, if I punish one employee differently than I punish another employee, I face consequences.
Specifically, if I fire or reprimand employee A for not meeting standards and he was working with employee B, I have to fire or reprimand employee B as well (my firsthand experience with Texas workforce laws).
I am very curious how this plays out from an employment law standpoint as the NFL is anything but consistent in punishment.
I bet the NFL loses this one.
What if employee B has nice tits?
Aren’t they exempt from a lot of standard employment laws?
What if employee B has nice tits?
Are they as nice as employee C’s or employee D’s?
I’m just going on a hunch here, but I’m thinking you aren’t a Goodell fan.
I can fully understand the Vikings cutting him and not paying him after this season. I just don’t see where the suspension comes in. Not saying he doesn’t deserve anything he gets, he does. But there has to be some basis for it.
The NFL is becoming as inconsistent as the NCAA in deciding punishments. This one just doesn’t make sense.
I’m just going on a hunch here, but I’m thinking you aren’t a Goodell fan.
I have zero sympathies for these over-paid, over-sized adolescents, but, Goodell is a joke. The Ginger Ape made $44M last year and, for what??? Unqualified. Uneducated. Incompetent. But, he does give one hell of a bro-hug …
The NFL is becoming as inconsistent as the NCAA in deciding punishments.
Given that during last night’s game, involving a relatively decent performance by Ben Rapistburger, ESPN felt it was necessary to go to a segment with Ray Lewis during a break in the action. #NationalFelonsLeague at its best.
The NFL is becoming as inconsistent as the NCAA in deciding punishments.
Given that during last night’s game, involving a relatively decent performance by Ben Rapistburger, ESPN felt it was necessary to go to a segment with Ray Lewis during a break in the action. #NationalFelonsLeague at its best.
Ray mcstabberson loves Jesus so he was forgiven.
I have zero sympathies for these over-paid, over-sized adolescents, but, Goodell is a joke. The Ginger Ape made $44M last year and, for what??? Unqualified. Uneducated. Incompetent. But, he does give one hell >of a bro-hug …
I agree that NFL discipline is a mess. Greg Hardy, convicted of assault, has not yet been suspended by the league. So he’s sitting on the exempt list getting paid.
Also zero sympathy for Adrian, but nevertheless if I’m Adrian I’m wondering why Greg’s getting paid and I’m not.
Goodell seems to be trying to cater to public opinion and the media on a case-by-base basis. That’s no way to run a disciplinary process, and it’s looking more and more like a clusterfuck.
As an employer, if I punish one employee differently than I punish another employee, I face consequences.
Specifically, if I fire or reprimand employee A for not meeting standards and he was working with employee B, I have to fire or reprimand employee B as well (my firsthand experience with Texas workforce laws).
I am very curious how this plays out from an employment law standpoint as the NFL is anything but consistent in punishment.
I bet the NFL loses this one.
Minnesota is an at will state. I’m assuming the Vikings can fire anyone for any reason at my time.
That is the concept, but the real world doesn’t work that way.
I agree that NFL discipline is a mess. Greg Hardy, convicted of assault, has not yet been suspended by the league. So he’s sitting on the exempt list getting paid.
Also zero sympathy for Adrian, but nevertheless if I’m Adrian I’m wondering why Greg’s getting paid and I’m not.
Goodell seems to be trying to cater to public opinion and the media on a case-by-base basis. That’s no way to run a disciplinary process, and it’s looking more and more like a clusterfuck.
I’m going out on a limb here and saying that the NFL’s discipline decisions have everything to do with public perception and potential loss of customer base then it does any level of justice or other logical comparison. Beat a kid and you’re going to have a massive public outcry. Beat a women, same thing. Assault some random male citizen in a confrontation…mehhhh, no biggy. Offend a gay, baby whale and you’re likely to get suspended for life.
~Matt
What if employee B has nice tits?
Are they as nice as employee C’s or employee D’s?
Bs cannot be a nice as Cs or Ds