Adrian Peterson Indicted

[KYPack]

Spanking is a different discussion. It really doesn't matter if AP only intended to deliver the sort of spanking that you approve of. What he actually did is child abuse.

I think I have adopted you as my surrogate online dad because you are a raging lunatic just like my real dad. My dad smacked me a lot, and only me, because I emerged from the womb rebellious and irritating. But despite his anger, he never came close to hitting me hard. I imagine you are all bark, no bite too.

I remember one incident: I snatched the last sausage from the breakfast table. My dad rose to his feet and thundered, "Give me that sausage!" That phrase now is enshrined forever in family lore, it is sometimes yelled when somebody, say, snatches a TV remote at Thanksgiving.

How do you say "Give me that chorizo!" in spanish?

Shudda given him the sausage, Harlan.

Stealing the last sausage always gets ya an ass whuppin'.

(Dime el tubesteak)

[pbmax]

Jonathan Dwyer has been arrested in connection to a domestic assault that occurred in July. He has been deactivated.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/17/reports-cardinals-jonathan-dwyer-in-domestic-violence-incident/

Best part?

Because he’s not a star player (unlike other accused players like Ray Rice, Greg Hardy and Adrian Peterson), it wouldn’t be at all surprising for the Cardinals simply to cut him and try to get this case behind them as soon as possible.

Of course, if the Cardinals do cut Dwyer, the next man up on the roster would likely be practice squad running back Chris Rainey — who has had two separate domestic violence incidents, one in college that got him kicked off the team at Florida, and one in the NFL that got him cut by the Steelers. Which serves as a reminder that the NFL has to do a whole lot more to get domestic abusers out of the league.

The Arizona Cardinals: We think the Vikings do too much in the way of background checks.

[Joemailman]

Jonathan Dwyer has been arrested in connection to a domestic assault that occurred in July. He has been deactivated.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/17/reports-cardinals-jonathan-dwyer-in-domestic-violence-incident/

Best part?



The Arizona Cardinals: We think the Vikings do too much in the way of background checks.

They're just biding their time until they can draft Jameis Winston.

[George Cumby]

After careful consideration I've revised my stance on this. The child was 4. That is too young to be disciplining them as such. I can see spanking a 10 year old or something. 4 year old is just too young.

If one is still spanking their kid when the kid is 10, they've lost (The parent not the child, well, maybe the child as well.)

[3irty1]

Now the Vikings are releasing Jerome Simpson for his forbidden love of mary jane.

[Freak Out]

We need some Bear and Lion players to get suspended to help balance the stupidity out.

[Zool]

Now the Vikings are releasing Jerome Simpson for his forbidden love of mary jane.

It could be they released him for his parole violations. He's not a smart man.

[Guiness]

Anyone else see the story about APs high school coach, he had a paddle he used on his players??? The more I see of this story, the more I think AP really thinks what he was doing was right, and good for the kid.

[pbmax]

Anyone else see the story about APs high school coach, he had a paddle he used on his players??? The more I see of this story, the more I think AP really thinks what he was doing was right, and good for the kid.

If AP had a paddle, he would still be on the team.

[Cheesehead Craig]

He could sure use a paddle for that creek he's on.

[Harlan Huckleby]

He could sure use a paddle for that creek he's on.

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[Fritz]

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.

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?

[Harlan Huckleby]

If AP had a paddle, he would still be on the team.

True, but a paddling by Daddy Peterson may not be a good thing for a four-year-old.

If you trust in scientific research, corporal punishment does more harm than good.

If you are suspicious of the experts, and you think spanking can do some good, well, the law lets you whack away to a point. The problem is, it takes a lot of self-control that you may lack. People who got beat by their own parents seem to lack that control.

[Harlan Huckleby]

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.

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.

[pbmax]

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.