Twin Cities - Vikings running back
Adrian Peterson compared NFL owners' treatment of players to "modern-day
slavery," according to an online interview published Tuesday by Yahoo!
Sports.
Yahoo's Doug Farrar, who conducted the interview Friday with
Peterson, removed that comment from the story later Tuesday, explaining
on Twitter that he wants to give Peterson the chance to provide context.
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.
NFL 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 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.
"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 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.
Sorry AP, that was a pretty dumb ass comment. I doubt you can compare any job that you willingly work at to slavery, especially one that you make $10.72 million a year. If you are so unhappy with your life you can quit, nobody is holding you back from working a normal 9-5. I'm tired of all these players crying for justice when they are playing a sport they love to play, and getting paid millions of dollars a year for it. Get your pussy asses on the field so we can all play Fantasy Football again next year.
-Dow
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