AP suspended til April 15

[kramer1]

Shocking

 

[bksballer89]

Peterson suspended for rest of year

Fuck Goodell.

That is all

 

[CCF151]

Smart for all parties, lets the League claim punishment, the Peterson gets time to let the media circus cool off, and the Vikings have a good excuse to tank the rest of their games and get a top 10 pick.

 

[bksballer89]

Goodell is a fuck boy

 

[Trudem]

They have to appeal this...first time offender and the league said this didnt fall under their Domestic Abuse policy. Will be interesting to see how this all works out.

 

[TxHeat]

When you don't know what the fuck you are doing you make shit up as you go along.

 

[MISKO]

this is sad all because of public out rage

 

[NEhomer]

Bullshit. The abusive fuck. I feel not one shred of sympathy for him.

 

[fordman84]

Suspended without pay. OUCH

 

[Win TWINS!!!]

Saw this coming when he skipped the meeting last week. NFLPA basically forced this maneuver.

 

[MISKO]

the guy disciplined his kid the only way he knew how ... public out rage fueled this .. it doesnt matter what the legal system thinks anymore .. what counts is the court of public opinion .. its shame what this country is becoming

 

[bksballer89]

Goodell must go.....absolute joke

 

[fordman84]

the guy disciplined his kid the only way he knew how ... public out rage fueled this .. it doesnt matter what the legal system thinks anymore .. what counts is the court of public opinion .. its shame what this country is becoming

No child abuse is acceptable. However, I too was at the end of a switch when I was growing up...more than once. It was very common for my parents and grandparents. It does sting. it can cause welps and blood. it isn't life threatening in most cases.

AP appears to have crossed a line. He doesn't appear to be a habitual child abuser. I think he is sorry for what he did and I think he will never raise a hand again. I think the attention his case has brought has put the topic of what is acceptable when punishing a child back on the front page.

Overall, I think AP has learned from this. He has suffered quite a lot, and the NFL needs to know when enough is enough and just reinstate AP. Granted Josh Brent sat out a lot of games over the last two seasons, but in the end his actual "suspension" for driving drunk and killing another person will be less than AP who used a switch on his son. As a driver in DFW, Josh Brent put my friends and family and myself at risk when he drove, and he did time in jail for it...but in the eyes of the NFL that is less of a crime than disciplining your kid.

 

[Win TWINS!!!]

this is sad all because of public out rage

Bullshit. The abusive fuck. I feel not one shred of sympathy for him.

I agree with both. For someone you want to rehabilitate, you don't take away one of the things that provides stability in their life and expect great outcomes. If the NFL really "cared" about Peterson (laughable), they would've set forth a plan to allow for him to be on the field, while also going through the "prescribed" counseling, with safety valves in place that could open the door to further suspension.

However, his glib comments immediately following the shedding of light on this, coupled with his arrogance and defiance (thanks NFLPA) - The NFL had no option but to suspend him.

 

[NEhomer]

No child abuse is acceptable. However, I too was at the end of a switch when I was growing up...more than once. It was very common for my parents and grandparents. It does sting. it can cause welps and blood. it isn't life threatening in most cases.

AP appears to have crossed a line. He doesn't appear to be a habitual child abuser. I think he is sorry for what he did and I think he will never raise a hand again. I think the attention his case has brought has put the topic of what is acceptable when punishing a child back on the front page.

Overall, I think AP has learned from this. He has suffered quite a lot, and the NFL needs to know when enough is enough and just reinstate AP. Granted Josh Brent sat out a lot of games over the last two seasons, but in the end his actual "suspension" for driving drunk and killing another person will be less than AP who used a switch on his son. As a driver in DFW, Josh Brent put my friends and family and myself at risk when he drove, and he did time in jail for it...but in the eyes of the NFL that is less of a crime than disciplining your kid.

1) What brings you to that conclusion?

2) Brent was negligent while AP didn't accidentally bloody his four year old.

 

[MarkOU]

Sucks for AD.

He walks with a misdemeanor and he should. That's the right legal course because there is no evidence it was with malice or been habitual, just a parent going a little excessive in corporal punishment.

As for his job well it's tough to say. I could lose my job over some domestic charges like that. Just the way it is.

Time to fall back on the OU degree.....ooh wait, nm.

 

[MISKO]

1) What brings you to that conclusion?

2) Brent was negligent while AP didn't accidentally bloody his four year old.

so ap planned to do this the whole time he was disciplining his child ? bullshit

 

[ArlingtonCowboys100]

When I was a kid I got the belt and razor strap to the backside. I my behavior straightened out. This suspension is a joke. A little discipline is a good thing.

 

[fordman84]

1) What brings you to that conclusion?

2) Brent was negligent while AP didn't accidentally bloody his four year old.

1) when you are publicly shamed like that, lose your job for basically a year, and from that point on have all eyes on you...people tend to change

2) I seriously doubt AP was trying to draw blood.

 

[fordman84]

When I was a kid I got the belt and razor strap to the backside. I my behavior straightened out. This suspension is a joke. A little discipline is a good thing.

The first time I stayed at my grandparents, I screwed around and got hit with a switch. The next time, my brother was told to go pick a switch from the peach tree. he did. My grandmother put it on top of the fridge. She never needed to use it again.