At least the Vikings were out in front on this one, unlike the NFL and Rice.
VIKINGS KNEW OF OTHER ABUSE ACCUSATION, REINSTATED PETERSON ANYWAY
At least the Vikings were out in front on this one, unlike the NFL and Rice.
VIKINGS KNEW OF OTHER ABUSE ACCUSATION, REINSTATED PETERSON ANYWAY
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Ohferfuxsake.Originally Posted by pbmax
Two four year olds by different mothers. Hmmmmmmnnnn........ I didn't know Jesus got around so much.........
You don't hear much about the first 30 years.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro ~Hunter S.
Biblical. +1
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Anybody else get a creepy feeling when his kid referred to him as "Daddy Peterson"?
After the game tonight, ESPN had Ray Lewis on a panel advising the NFL on protecting its reputation. I can hardly describe how awkward this was.
Somebody's tweet, "Ray Lewis had some killer advice on the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson situations."
Kid must have two dads. Knew it!
70% of the Earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by Al Harris.
All I could think of was Dennis Hopper wearing a helium mask and saying "Daddy's home!"
Radisson pulls corporate sponsorship with Vikings!
But Rodgers leads the league in frumpy expressions and negative body language on the sideline, which makes him, like Josh Allen, a unique double threat.
-Tim Harmston
To me this is the beginning of the end for AP. When money stops flowing into the NFL, they will listen and do what is needed to keep the money flowing.
But Rodgers leads the league in frumpy expressions and negative body language on the sideline, which makes him, like Josh Allen, a unique double threat.
-Tim Harmston
I really feel bad for their HC Zimmer. This guy is being put in some really awkward places. He was on the local radio yesterday and you could just feel that he didn't know how to explain why AP was reactivated. The radio guy just kept coming at him about APs actions and Zimmer just was floundering. They guy is in a hell of a tough spot.
All hail the Ruler of the Meadow!
Maybe, but I get the feeling he knows where is bread is buttered. I wonder if the NFL will implement classes on how to handle this sort of thing. Would be better than cue cards.
Trent Dilfer said something about this last night after the game.
It was the Wilf's decision and then they made the GM and Head Coach go in front of the media and explain it. Both were unprepared for the follow questions after reading their statements off of cue cards.
But Rodgers leads the league in frumpy expressions and negative body language on the sideline, which makes him, like Josh Allen, a unique double threat.
-Tim Harmston
And this might be why it's tough for a fan like Ras, I think. You love your team, you've been watching them for decades. You love football. Then your team gets bought by a guy who's too douchy to go out front and explain his decision-making, instead throwing his GM and new HC in front of the cameras so they can explain the inexplicable.
You gotta hope the HC can somehow pull the team/organization through all this, but you realize that behind it all lies this kinda-slimey owner, and it probably causes you to feel slightly sick about it all. Whatever happened to the days when it was about football?
That must be what it's like, I think.
Ras and I haven't always agreed, but I echo his sentiment: what about the football?
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
The local community really should own football teams. It's not like the owners today are brilliant businessmen whose brilliant marketing decisions guide their teams to success. The NFL is a monopoly, the public subsidizes the stadiums, and it's close to impossible for franchises to do anything but wildly appreciate in value. A NFL team is part of community identity - duh.
That said, at least public opinion seems to be playing a role in policy.
There is real business acumen in the NFL. Jones, Snyder and Kraft are making a mint where before they were making a small Pacific island in local revenue.
The real question is, if that market should dry up (as it did temporarily in 2008-2010) could they recover?
There is also the disconnect between good for the franchises valuation and good for football overall.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
The less the government meddles in, the better off we are. Don't go there!
Vikings handing out purple switches to fans this Sunday.
Haha!! May you live forever!!!
Seems like the Vikes fanbase is fracturing a bit. Rube Chat is blowing up.When you've lost the fans, you've lost. And by that standard, the Minnesota Vikings are in trouble.
VikingsMessageBoard.com, a longtime board devoted to discussion of the Minnesota Vikings, has shut down forever because of its owners' disgust with the burgeoning Adrian Peterson scandal. And oh, are there plenty of people to be disgusted at. Sure, there's Peterson himself, indicted on charges of child abuse. But the proprietors of the message board also offered the following note, via SB Nation:
Vikings Message Board has been shut down permanently. It will not return. There are two primary reasons.
1. The Vikings' cowardly decision to reinstate a child abuser and think that an apology will make this blow over. We will not stand for this arrogance and we will no longer be the home of any support of the Vikings. We stand for those who cannot defend themselves.
2. We will not give a voice to thugs who think child abuse is "cultural" or worse, openly advocate child abuse as a reasonable method of punishment. This ends here. Yes, a few board members have ruined it for everyone. Congratulations, [jerks].
So there you go. This is why the Internet can't have nice things, and this is why the NFL and its teams are fumbling these current controversies so badly. There are plenty of reasonable NFL fans disgusted with every angle of this story, and now, they've got one less outlet for their views.
Yahoo Sports' comments remain open below, and we are certain that you will offer insightful, measured responses to both this and the Adrian Peterson story as a whole
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