Posted on 03/15/2011 5:41:30 PM PDT by reefdiver
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson compared NFL owners' treatment of players to "modern-day slavery," according to an online interview published today by Yahoo! Sports.
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Peterson, who is known to be thoughtful when speaking with the local media in Minnesota, is in Africa with other NFL players on a goodwill trip and unavailable for immediate comment.
The owners and players couldn't agree on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement last week after more than two weeks of federal mediation. Shortly before the players
E-rant: NFL Which side do you support in the NFL lockout? The league. The owners need the players to shut up and play. The players. The league needs to be fair to them and the alumni. Neither. Both sides should try working real jobs for a change.
union decertified, Peterson spoke to Yahoo to promote a recent appearance on the online reality show "Double Take." The NFL declared a lockout when the CBA expired at 11 p.m. CST. "The players are getting robbed. They are," Peterson told Yahoo. "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."
When discussing other players feeling the same way, Peterson said: "It's modern-day slavery, you know? 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. I understand that; these are business-minded people. Of course this
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is what they are going to want to do. I understand that; it's how they got to where they are now. But as players, we have to stand our ground and say, 'Hey — without us, there's no football.' " Peterson is set to make $10.72 million in base salary in 2011.
Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant took exception to Peterson's comment, writing on Twitter: "Their is unfortunately actually still slavery existing in our world. Literal modern day slavery. That was a very misinformed statement."
Added Grant: "But I understand what point he was trying to make. I just feel like he should have been advised a little differently."
Boo f’n hoo. Poor underpaid baby.
Damned. More rookie football cards down the drain - Clinton Portis, Albert Haynesworth, Jason Campbell, etc.
The Canadian Football League's team salary cap is $4.25 million. So you just "follow the drinkin' gourd" to freedom up north. Maybe you'll even be free enough to get a second job in the off season.
Start your own damn league, you whiner.
So, anyone who walks in has a "right" to the labor of the doctors and nurses working there (and technologists etc, etc.), and it is illegal for any of them refuse to provide that labor for free. THAT is slavery.
Others would be quite happy in his place.
No good guys in this battle. NFL are Obama lovers and Rush haters. Players by and large would be felons without ball playing and many are felons any way. The owners have loads of wealthy Dems who extort hundreds of millions from local taxpayers for luxury stadiums. TV runs dumb white guy commercial during ball games.
F the NFL and TV.
GD stupid jackhole. That’s why I;m not on the side of either owners or players. The Players are overpaid, millionaire chumps and the owners gave 100% of their political money to the Dems.
Absolute stupid comment.
Yo, Adrian! Unlike slavery, you can quit any time you like!
At that level of pay, I’ll gladly be an NFL slave!
Can’t find anything in your post I could disagree with. :-)
I’ve read that American employment law is modeled after old English employment law, which was modeled after a master - slave relationship.
So he sold himself.
Those are some very expensive “slaves”
LOL
“So, anyone who walks in has a “right” to the labor of the doctors and nurses working there (and technologists etc, etc.), and it is illegal for any of them refuse to provide that labor for free. THAT is slavery.”
Oh please... If you don’t want to treat patients, then quit. You chose your profession. No one put you in chains.
I assume just because a guy is drafted, he has no obligation to join the NFL.
I’m sure a guy like Adrian could have gotten a “shovel ready” job if he wanted, no?
Yea man. The NFL is really peeing me off lately. For all the things you mentioned, plus the homo commercial/liberal halftime Super Bowl this year put it over the edge for me and my family. Maybe they need to take a year or two off.
“...is in Africa with other NFL players on a goodwill trip...”
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Which no doubt the financially strapped fans helped pay for.
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