Roger Goodell once again triumphed as the National Football League won its appeal against Vikings running back Adrian Peterson which requires the star to pay a fine for his 2014 arrest. “Disagreement with his conclusion is not a valid ground on which to vacate the decision”.
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The NFL, its lawyers and the Vikings did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The NFLPA issued a statement of resignation.
We’re guessing the NFLPA is going to be pushing hard to get some reform measures in place to stop Goodell from having the kind of power he now has over the players in the league. “When negotiation or collective bargaining fails to resolve our differences, we will always fight and pursue every recourse for our players’ rights”. He eventually pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless assault.
Peterson sued to block the loss of pay and reinstate him to the league, but ended up sitting out the final month or so of the 2014 anyway.
Commissioner Roger Goodell once again triumphed as the National Football League won its appeal against Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in relation to his 2014 arrest.
Goodell and the National Football League countered with their own appeal, which will now force Peterson to pay the fine, which is six games’ worth of his $11.75 million base salary during the 2014 season. The dispute in front of the 8th Circuit, then, boiled down to power, principle and about $2 million.
Thursday’s decision came three weeks after New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady abandoned his appeal of Goodell’s four-game suspension. Brady was punished for his role in deflated footballs during the AFC championship game after the 2014 season.
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He refused to second-guess Henderson’s finding that Goodell had power under the collective bargaining agreement and new personal conduct policy to impose Peterson’s punishment, if the commissioner thought lesser sanctions in prior cases had been inadequate.
