GUILTY TX - Adrian Peterson for child abuse, The Woodlands, 2014

[Trino]

Of course the Vikings suspended AP because they realized the gravity of the situation, or was it because they realized the gravity of lost sponsors?

 

[kimi_SFC]

Yes!!!

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-adrian-peterson-exempt-list-20140916-story.html

(Couldn't get headline to post in a smaller font to hyperlink the article, sorry)

Two days after announcing running back Adrian Peterson could return to practice following his indictment last week on child-abuse charges, the Minnesota Vikings reversed their decision.

The Viking placed Peterson on the exempt/commissioner's permission list early Wednesday morning in a move that will prevent him from taking part in any team activities for an indefinite period.

I am with you shana! IMO, abuse is abuse. The NFL had to take this stance, because what AP did to this child deserved the same outrage as what RR did to JR.

The mixed message had to be corrected and I, for one am relieved they've done this. It should have happened from the start, but better late than never (I guess). :sigh:

:tyou: for updating the thread.

:grouphug:

:twocents:


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[Trino]

More info about AP's "family."
http://bossip.com/851548/and-anothe...on-with-a-former-dallas-pole-poppin-skripper/

Court date is Oct 8 when he will enter a plea. No date on trial.

 

[cady]

He would spank his ONE YEAR OLD.

One. Year. Old.

SMH

I guess if one expresses their frustration by assaulting another person, what difference would it make to them if the person is an infant , male or female, or an elderly person. Most prefer to assault the vulnerable though --you know, the one's who can't overpower you. What a sicko world of predators. JMO

 

[formerjerseygirl]

of course the vikings suspended ap because they realized the gravity of the situation, or was it because they realized the gravity of lost sponsors?

bingo!

 

[aa9511]

Very happy with the Vikings' decision and they made the right decision this time.

 

[buffetoflies]

As I posted above, Minnesota allows the public to court about child abuse cases. No privacy in MN.

Secrecy is how these things go on and on,

Sorry, not impressed with mom.

I don't think there are very many people who are aware of that. Minnesota has the third state in the nation of child abuse reports being screened out. If this wasn't a child of a celeb, and his mom had never taken him to a hospital, and a daycare worker had called CPS to make a report? It probably would have been screened out. The startribune has a series of reports about just how much minnesota doesn't value children

 

[chlban]

bingo!

Come on guys, let's be fair. I think we have all learned we can count on the NFL to do the absolute minimum possible that they can get away with, provided they don't lose too many sponsors, to take a strong stand against domestic violence.

Wimps. It might have meant something if they had taken the right road initially, but that clearly seems to be impossible for them.

 

[human]

I don't think there are very many people who are aware of that. Minnesota has the third state in the nation of child abuse reports being screened out. If this wasn't a child of a celeb, and his mom had never taken him to a hospital, and a daycare worker had called CPS to make a report? It probably would have been screened out. The startribune has a series of reports about just how much minnesota doesn't value children

OMG! I did not know this.

I was a mandated reporter and was frustrated many a time. But I got smarter in my old age and actually got things investigated by being an incredible assertive person.

The stories I could tell. Now I know why so many times nothing happened.

Every fall we were trained in mandated reporting. And here I thought I simply was not doing the reporting correctly.

I am fuming and crying at the same time for the children. Ugh!!!!!

 

[human]

Come on guys, let's be fair. I think we have all learned we can count on the NFL to do the absolute minimum possible that they can get away with, provided they don't lose too many sponsors, to take a strong stand against domestic violence.

Wimps. It might have meant something if they had taken the right road initially, but that clearly seems to be impossible for them.

I don't mean to attack your post, but I would not go with wimps. I would go with

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[human]

I don't think there are very many people who are aware of that. Minnesota has the third state in the nation of child abuse reports being screened out. If this wasn't a child of a celeb, and his mom had never taken him to a hospital, and a daycare worker had called CPS to make a report? It probably would have been screened out. The startribune has a series of reports about just how much minnesota doesn't value children

So what? We have the important things. A new sports stadium!

 

[chlban]

I don't mean to attack your post, but I would not go with wimps. I would go with

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Well that is certainly the driving force, no doubt. They finally figured out it would be more profitable to do the right thing. Unfortunately the "right thing" doesn't reallly count when it's motivated by $$$$$$$$$$

 

[Trino]

So what? We have the important things. A new sports stadium!

with public school buildings that are ancient...

 

[human]

with public school buildings that are ancient...

Hello! Priorities!

The stadium that the taxpayers had to help build because the poor owners could not afford it on their own. Of course, there are the discounted tickets for the taxpayers.

Oooops. Never mind. I think that was a dream.

 

[ATasteOfHoney]

And, AP is a role model, as evidenced by how many fans wore his jersey to Sunday's game. Some people don't get it.

Suspended for 4 games for steroid use.
Charged with child abuse.
Charged with resisting arrest at a Houston nightclub.
Refuses to answer how many children he has by different baby mamas (rumored to be seven), although he started dating his current wife (married July 2014) in 2004. Only one child is with his wife.

And combine the obvious "roid rage"..... This guy is a nightmare!

 

[cady]

LOL Oh, gee whillikers.....don't ruin the American hero worship for football gladiators! If they want to practice on their wives, girlfriends, baby mammas and babies, it's ok because they represent great sportsmen, and we value the wins that we spend our time and money on. And we think that they are so valuable and accomplished, that they deserve their multi-million dollar lifestyles. As American as apple pie, for goodness sake. (BARF) JMO

 

[Trino]

LOL Oh, gee whillikers.....don't ruin the American hero worship for football gladiators! If they want to practice on their wives, girlfriends, baby mammas and babies, it's ok because they represent great sportsmen, and we value the wins that we spend our time and money on. And we think that they are so valuable and accomplished, that they deserve their multi-million dollar lifestyles. As American as apple pie, for goodness sake. (BARF) JMO

Of course. That's why a stadium is being built in Minneapolis. Just a note: the legislature REFUSED to allow a vote on the new stadium because they knew Minnesotans would vote it down. Can you believe this?

 

[cady]

Of course. That's why a stadium is being built in Minneapolis. Just a note: the legislature REFUSED to allow a vote on the new stadium because they knew Minnesotans would vote it down. Can you believe this?

YUP I believe! I grew up in Ann Arbor MI. OK just college football, but when I visit, the stadium seems to get bigger and the walls and security and capacity get higher and I can never visit on a football Saturday or I'd get stuck in traffic and it would take me 2 hours to get home on a 25 minute drive. It is not the fun town I grew up in. Uof M of course, is tax free, but the property taxes are prohibitive. And the roads are full of pot holes. grrrr venting. Even as a kid I thought the hype was ridiculous, but that's just me. JMO And the student players were coddled with remedial classes and bad behavior which I witnessed many times as a townie, was forgiven. JMO And my mom's best friend was the wife of the Athletic director........who was a philanderer. But hey, let it go. Hail to the Victors!. JMO

 

[Trino]

So, which is it, Vikings? The bottom line or a conscience?

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S3564653.shtml?cat=1

"1500 ESPN's Judd Zulgad wonders how the Adrian Peterson situation ever escalated to this point. Zulgad said the Wilfs made it clear during this process that making money and the bottom line are the most important things to them and the Vikings organization. Zulgad said the decisions in handling the Peterson situation have been driven all in reaction to the impact on the Vikings' bottom line."

"However, Mark Wilf said during the news conference that the decision was "absolutely not" related to sponsor concerns."

 

[gitana1]

Excerpt from a Star Tribune article:

The strongest predictor of whether a child thinks it’s OK to hit kids, and whether he’ll grow up to do so, is how often he’s been disciplined that way. Light spanking isn’t as bad as wielding a tree branch. But it’s part of the continuum. Researchers call this the “hidden curriculum”: Corporal punishment teaches itself.

Peterson thought he was teaching the opposite. According to reports, he was punishing his son for pushing and scratching another child. He says he explained this to the boy. “Anytime I spank my kids, I talk to them before, let them know what they did, and of course after,” he told investigators.


But when you hit a child for hitting another child, the hitting does all the talking. That’s the upshot of a recent study of more than 100 children and their parents. Every parent who approved of spanking a child for hitting a sibling passed this belief on to their kids. And 79 percent of kids who came from homes with lots of spanking said they’d hit a sibling for trying to watch a different TV show — almost the same scenario that led to Peterson’s beating of his son. According to the researchers, “Not one child from a no-spanking home chose to resolve these conflicts by hitting.” The kids absorbed the model, not the lecture. http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/275304271.html