Posted on 03/15/2011 4:26:48 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Just when you thought the rancor between the NFL and players had peaked, along comes Adrian Peterson.
In a wide-ranging interview with Yahoo! Sports, the star Minnesota Vikings running back compared the league's labor situation to slavery.
"It's modern-day slavery, you know?" Peterson said. "People kind of laugh at that, but there are people working at regular jobs who get treated the same way, too. With all the money ... the owners are trying to get a different percentage, and bring in more money."
Peterson's remarks were later removed from the Yahoo! Sports post. The interviewer, Doug Farrar, said he believed that Peterson did not literally mean to compare the NFL's contentious labor dispute with the institution of slavery.
"I want to give him the opportunity to provide context as opposed to just running with it," Farrar tweeted.
At least one NFL player took issue with Peterson's analogy. Ryan Grant of the Packers tweeted that he "totally" disagreed with the comments, adding that there is "actually still slavery existing in our world.. Literal modern day slavery.. That was a very misinformed statement."
"But I understand what point he was trying to make," Grant tweeted. "I just feel like he should have been advised a little differently."
It's worth noting Peterson was interviewed just 15 minutes after the union filed papers to decertify so emotions were running high - and words were coming out unfiltered. In fact, when discussing the hot-button topic, the player seemed to realize he should push the self-edit button mid-sentence:
"All some people see is, 'Oh, we're not going to be around football.' But how the players look at it ... the players are getting robbed. They are. The owners are making so much money off of us to begin with. I don't know that I want to quote myself on that..."
“With all the money ... the owners are trying to get a different percentage, and bring in more money.””
Adrian Peterson signed a 6 year, $40.5 million dollar contract.
I have no sympathy.
What is it when taxpayers pay $300,000,000 to build these public stadiums and then the team owners get to collect the naming rights (for $300,000,000)?
The taxpayers are the ones working out here with NO return. At least the players collect a salary.
Give him a break. He went to school at OK.
These guys would be a lot better off if they just shut their mouths. Nothing like putting your ignorance on public display.
Adrian Peterson would be mopping a floor at best if not for the NFL team owners.
Idiots like AP is what got Zero elected...
What a moron.
Unfortunately, AP isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. He would quit, but finding another job that pays more than minimum wage would be almost impossible for this fine product of the University of Oklahoma. Dumber than a box of rocks...red
Are we supposed to miss these a^@*#les when they are locked out?? If college footbal games are played on Saturday and Sunday I will be happy.
Meanwhile in the music industry, the company tries to collect production costs for the studio recording, promotion costs, distribution costs, a lions share of the publishing revenue...
Basically run up a tab that the artist(s) will spend a decade paying off. Best to hand over the tapes in the can and just work out a distribution deal.
Boo-hoo! Here it is—Big Football—the latest bad guy of the left.
Adrian, tell your story walking.
If not for football, the DOJ could have gotten him a job with the Dayton Police Department.
If not for football, the DOJ could have gotten him a job with the Dayton Police Department.
I must have missed the part in Roots where Kunte Kinte got $5 million a year for his running abilities....
That is ludicrous. Those are some well-paid slaves. lol.
I agree with this fool. Let’s get rid of the NFL. And the NBA while we’re at it.
Who has he been listening to? Obama?
Japan is looking for a few firemen.
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