Adrian Peterson: Players' place in NFL like 'modern-day slavery'

[MNPatsFan]

WOW Adrian Peterson sure put his foot in his mouth because according to this and other articles:


Adrian Peterson joined fellow players in decrying the negotiating tactics of NFL owners in the current labor battle.

Yet the Minnesota Vikings running back used an unusual analogy to describe the status of players, who were locked out by owners on Saturday after negotiations fell apart last week.

Peterson told Yahoo Sports:

"It's modern-day slavery, you know?"

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/03/adrian-peterson-players-place-in-nfl-like-modern-day-slavery/1

:shocked:

[Zweems56]

Sign me up for that slavery. Shit, for the money he makes, I don't even care if I play a sport. I'll build a pyramid or some shit.

[MileHighCrew]

No underground railroad for me. I'd be in the fields for $50 Million..... What a joke. Comments like this and then they wonder why support for the players has fallen off dramatically

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I wonder whether Peterson said that before or after he cashed his checks . . .

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[MileHighCrew]

I play a game for a living, I am rich beyond what I can imagine. I am loved by millions and I get treated better than people that have won the Nobel Peace Prize. IT'S SLAVERY I TELL YOU.Just last week I had to fill my own gas tank in my Bentley. Can you imagine the horror???

[Montana Battlin Bear]

I'd do a lot of things for the money he makes and football is definitely one of them

[BroncoStud]

I don't know many "slaves" who can afford to play $5,000/hand at 3 card poker at Caesar's Palace in Vegas like he does. Hell, he played for hours and lost probably $50,000 and acted like it was dropping a penny on the floor.

What a ******* idiot.

[Nomad]

What a ******* idiot.

That about sums it up!!

[Bullgator]

if you ask players opinions enough you have to expect you are going to get dumbass comments like this from time to time. rocket surgeons dey aint.

way to drop the slave card, i guess next white players should liken it to british tyrrany and the jewish players call the owners nazis. what the hell is going on anymore!

I knew there was a reason I hated NFL ball. College FTW, you will never see this shit happen in college. Saturday tailgates, tradition, pagentry,games played with passion by kids playing a GAME. Thats something I can feel good about. Its more innocent, its more passionate, its more pure IMO. You just cant compair the college atmosphere with the NFL and their 8 dollar beers and their grey, dead, corperate commercialism. Now idk about the packers cuz they seem to be a small market but the Jags atmosphere SUCKS

Too bad my fav player has to play in this league... IMO **** the NFL

[rcsodak]

Sign me up for that slavery. Shit, for the money he makes, I don't even care if I play a sport. I'll build a pyramid or some shit.
Plus, you already have that nose ring look going.....
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[Nomad]

if you ask players opinions enough you have to expect you are going to get dumbass comments like this from time to time. rocket surgeons dey aint.

way to drop the slave card, i guess next white players should liken it to british tyrrany and the jewish players call the owners nazis. what the hell is going on anymore!

I knew there was a reason I hated NFL ball. College FTW, you will never see this shit happen in college. Saturday tailgates, tradition, pagentry,games played with passion by kids playing a GAME. Thats something I can feel good about. Its more innocent, its more passionate, its more pure IMO. You just cant compair the college atmosphere with the NFL and their 8 dollar beers and their grey, dead, corperate commercialism. Now idk about the packers cuz they seem to be a small market but the Jags atmosphere SUCKS

Too bad my fav player has to play in this league... IMO **** the NFL

If the NFL goes away, then people won't have an excuse to drink beer on Sundays anymore!!:D

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If the NFL goes away, then people won't have an excuse to drink beer on Sundays anymore!!:D

Whoa! And then the government will have to bail out the beer industry! :shocked:

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[rcsodak]

I want to hear what TT has to say, dammutt.
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[Bullgator]

If the NFL goes away, then people won't have an excuse to drink beer on Sundays anymore!!:D

shit, clipping my toenails is excuse enough to drink beer an any day much less a sunday.

[OrangeHoof]

All people who work for an employer is somewhat "like slavery". The boss tells you to do things you might not feel like doing and you feel you have no choice but to do it.

"But employees get a paycheck", you might say.

Well, the slaves of the Old South got food and a roof over their heads and often got jobs for their family members thanks to the "master".

And, when it comes to pro sports, most players have to start their careers where they were drafted, given no choice in the matter.

But, in all seriousness, comparing life in the NFL to the slavery of the Old South is just ignorance. It does a disservice to all the people, largely of his own race, who suffered genuine slavery where one's entire existence was controlled by someone else.

[Bullgator]

All people who work for an employer is somewhat "like slavery". The boss tells you to do things you might not feel like doing and you feel you have no choice but to do it.

"But employees get a paycheck", you might say.

Well, the slaves of the Old South got food and a roof over their heads and often got jobs for their family members thanks to the "master".

And, when it comes to pro sports, most players have to start their careers where they were drafted, given no choice in the matter.

But, in all seriousness, comparing life in the NFL to the slavery of the Old South is just ignorance. It does a disservice to all the people, largely of his own race, who suffered genuine slavery where one's entire existence was controlled by someone else.

yea so your last paragraph made sense, but the first few looked semi serious... that would be treydonkulous

[Buff]

Nice guy... Really nice guy. But man is he dumb.

[Day1BroncoFan]

Some people don't know when to keep their mouth shut.

[rcsodak]

Some people don't know when to keep their mouth shut.ask a dumb question........
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[Day1BroncoFan]

ask a dumb question........
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Answer a smart question with a dumb answer. :listen:

[rcsodak]

Answer a smart question with a dumb answer. :listen:
Mix money/entitlement/immaturity....whaatcha get?
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[Buff]

Mix money/entitlement/immaturity....whaatcha get?
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The NFLPA?

[rcsodak]

Answer a smart question with a dumb answer. :listen:
lol
Well crapt! What was he asked? Lol
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[rcsodak]

The NFLPA?
Lol. I was gonna say Colo Buffs but, ya.....good answer.
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[Day1BroncoFan]

lol
Well crapt! What was he asked? Lol
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Whas up?

[rcsodak]

Whas up?
Rotflmao
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[vandammage13]

This is why the players want the NFL to provide health care. They make enough money that they should be able to afford private insurance for the rest of their lives, but they don't know how to save the money themselves. So they need the NFL to do it for them.

What a joke....These guys are so out of touch.

[vandammage13]

All people who work for an employer is somewhat "like slavery". The boss tells you to do things you might not feel like doing and you feel you have no choice but to do it.

"But employees get a paycheck", you might say.

Well, the slaves of the Old South got food and a roof over their heads and often got jobs for their family members thanks to the "master".

And, when it comes to pro sports, most players have to start their careers where they were drafted, given no choice in the matter.
But, in all seriousness, comparing life in the NFL to the slavery of the Old South is just ignorance. It does a disservice to all the people, largely of his own race, who suffered genuine slavery where one's entire existence was controlled by someone else.

They do have a choice....No one is making them play football.

[SR]

Why the **** is this in the Broncos section?! Someone please give me mod rights so I can clean this shit up a little for God's sake.

[MNPatsFan]

Why the **** is this in the Broncos section?! Someone please give me mod rights so I can clean this shit up a little for God's sake.Sorry SR if this is in the wrong forum. I posted this here because it concerns or relates to the labor dispute and I saw a post from a moderator saying that anything and everything related to the labor dispute should be posted in here because it relates to the Broncos AND the Other NFL teams.

[SR]

Okie.

[Northman]

Bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahah oh shit!!!


Sorry, i really had nothing else to add to this lunacy. Although im sure either Bullgator or Agent of Orange will come in here trying to convince why he is right. lmao

[slim]

Toby Peterson...has a nice ring to it.

[bcbronc]

I'd say indentured servant is a closer analogy.

On the plus side, if there is a lock out, AP and the rest of the slaves can get to work on building some high speed rail.
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[SR]

Toby Peterson...has a nice ring to it.

LMFAO. Well played, sir.

[SR]

I don't know how a labor lockout has any comparison to picking cotton and yessa massa.

[bcbronc]

I don't know how a labor lockout has any comparison to picking cotton and yessa massa.

You've forgotten McDaniels all ready?
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[SR]

Mc Who?

[HORSEPOWER 56]

Peterson = C-L-O-W-N-T-A-R-D...

[KCL]

Athletic ability does not equal intelligence.

Not in this case anyway.

[BORDERLINE]

pass some of that slavery down please....
i really trip out at how stupid some players are

[threefolddead]

Hahahahahaha O man this is hilarious. I just can't bring myself to feel sorry for the players when they continue saying stuff like this. They act like they are just like the thousands of americans without jobs and now they are slaves. If a slave now earns millions sign me up.

[FanInAZ]

I guarantee you that the owners are thrilled that AP said this because they all know that he just turned public opinion against the players. What really baffles me the most is how it is that the players haven't figured out yet that these kinds of statements alienate fans? If I was in a leadership position in the players union, I would make sure that this was clearly explained to every rookie that comes into the league. I would make sure player in contract negotiations was reminded of this. So by the time the new collective bargaining period begins, maybe these players might actually know how to conduct themselves in a way that doesn't turn the fan base against them.

[SR]

I wouldn't go so far as to say it alienates the fans. If anything, it just makes the fans realize what a giant bunch of ungrateful pussies some of the NFL players are.

[Dreadnought]

No underground railroad for me. I'd be in the fields for $50 Million..... What a joke. Comments like this and then they wonder why support for the players has fallen off dramatically

Agreed totally - a great big steaming diaper load if ever there was one. I'm at about the point where I'd rather lose the season than see the NFLPA win.

PS - AP now goes on my unwritten douchebag list

PPS - I have now agreed with Buff on multiple posts. Prepare yourselves, all, and get your affairs in order. Its a sign of end times.

[FanInAZ]

I wouldn't go so far as to say it alienates the fans. If anything, it just makes the fans realize what a giant bunch of ungrateful pussies some of the NFL players are.

There was a handful of fans taking the players' side up until now. How many of them are coming to AP's defense? How many have joined in on the dogpile?

Although I'm one of those who sees this as a battle between millionaires & billionaires, I did at least believe that the players have a valid point that the owners should open up the books. After all, the players are entitled to 60% of the profits and they should have the right to verify that the owners profit reports are accurate. I find the owners unwillingness to allow such verification to be troubling.

AP's comments don't in anyway change my view of the players; it does however justify me not siding with them completely. Nevertheless, I just lost a lot of respect for AP as a person.

[TXBRONC]

I wonder whether Peterson said that before or after he cashed his checks . . .

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I don't know if it really matters Top out of sight out of mind. :sad:

[chazoe60]

Yeah, except for the fame, fortune, and freedom it is exactly like slavery.

[rcsodak]

I guarantee you that the owners are thrilled that AP said this because they all know that he just turned public opinion against the players. What really baffles me the most is how it is that the players haven't figured out yet that these kinds of statements alienate fans? If I was in a leadership position in the players union, I would make sure that this was clearly explained to every rookie that comes into the league. I would make sure player in contract negotiations was reminded of this. So by the time the new collective bargaining period begins, maybe these players might actually know how to conduct themselves in a way that doesn't turn the fan base against them.
Except for the tard fans that believe everything they hear.
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[NightTerror218]

This just shows that even though you can go to college and you can still come out "uneducated"

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I don't know if it really matters Top out of sight out of mind. :sad:

Mr. Peterson is very fortunate he makes his living with is legs rather than his brain . . .

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[Day1BroncoFan]

I guarantee you that the owners are thrilled that AP said this because they all know that he just turned public opinion against the players. What really baffles me the most is how it is that the players haven't figured out yet that these kinds of statements alienate fans? If I was in a leadership position in the players union, I would make sure that this was clearly explained to every rookie that comes into the league. I would make sure player in contract negotiations was reminded of this. So by the time the new collective bargaining period begins, maybe these players might actually know how to conduct themselves in a way that doesn't turn the fan base against them.

You can't make dummies smart with more education. :nod:

[BroncoStud]

Mr. Peterson is very fortunate he makes his living with is legs rather than his brain . . .

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Yep.

[Nomad]

Mr. Peterson is very fortunate he makes his living with is legs rather than his brain . . .

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I guess you can add Mendenhall to the list of numbnuts that agree with Peterson's analogy.

[weazel]

complete jackass

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You can't make dummies smart with more education. :nod:

Or, as Craig "Ironhead" Heyward once said, "“People say I’ll be drafted in the first round, maybe even higher.”

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[topscribe]

I guess you can add Mendenhall to the list of numbnuts that agree with Peterson's analogy.

They say there is wisdom in the multitude of counsel. With that in mind, if the
two would have consulted each other and Travis Henry and Maurice Clarett,
then they might have come to different conclusions . . .


P.S. I didn't intentionally exclude George Rogers, who said, "“I want to rush for
1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.”

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However, we do need to have more sympathy for those poor players.

Antrel Rolle put it best: "“We risk ourselves out there on the field each and
every day also. When soldiers come home from Iraq you don’t boo them.”

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[Nomad]

However, we do need to have more sympathy for those poor players.

Antrel Rolle put it best: "“We risk ourselves out there on the field each and
every day also. When soldiers come home from Iraq you don’t boo them.”
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:lol:That's brilliant!! There are people with a lot more dangerous jobs than playing football!! Maybe if the NFL players feel that way, they can enlist!

[topscribe]

:lol:That's brilliant!! There are people with a lot more dangerous jobs than playing football!! Maybe if the NFL players feel that way, they can enlist!

Well, I think the players ought just to relax.

As Bill Cowher once said, "We're not attempting to circumcise the rules."

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[BroncoStud]

However, we do need to have more sympathy for those poor players.

Antrel Rolle put it best: "“We risk ourselves out there on the field each and
every day also. When soldiers come home from Iraq you don’t boo them.”

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I guess Antrel never studied Vietnam in his hand-picked courses.

[rcsodak]

'Dis be mah helmet...n dis be mah shoulderpads.'
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[SR]

However, we do need to have more sympathy for those poor players.

Antrel Rolle put it best: "“We risk ourselves out there on the field each and
every day also. When soldiers come home from Iraq you don’t boo them.”

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Because being shot at is the same as playing a sport and getting paid millions to do so. ******* idiot.

[rcsodak]

Because being shot at is the same as playing a sport and getting paid millions to do so. ******* idiot.

Hey now...qb's DO throw bombs.....and zing bullets. They do wear flak jackets. Rayray IS 'protecting' his house. Players DO fight for position. Games ARE said to be won by the 'battle in the trenches'........
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[TXBRONC]

Or, as Craig "Ironhead" Heyward once said, "“People say I’ll be drafted in the first round, maybe even higher.”

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His nickname is well suited to him.

[I Eat Staples]

When you hear little kids saying they want to be slaves when they grow up, you know who to blame.

[Lonestar]

This is why the players want the NFL to provide health care. They make enough money that they should be able to afford private insurance for the rest of their lives, but they don't know how to save the money themselves. So they need the NFL to do it for them.

What a joke....These guys are so out of touch.
They are to busy dropping 5 grand hand at the tables in LAS.

Take about 2grand a year per year at age 20 saves becomes about a million at age 60 at about 6% compounded interest.

Could be off a bit. On that but I've been told that several times.
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[SR]

They are to busy dropping 5 grand hand at the tables in LAS.

Take about 2grand a year per year at age 20 saves becomes about a million at age 60 at about 6% compounded interest.

Could be off a bit. On that but I've been told that several times.
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Depends on what kind of account you put your money in to and how long you put it in. I've had my Roth IRA since I was 14 and maxed it out every year for the past 12. I'll probably stop putting money in somewhere in the next 10-12 years. I'll be set when retirement comes.

[Lonestar]

:lol:That's brilliant!! There are people with a lot more dangerous jobs than playing football!! Maybe if the NFL players feel that way, they can enlist!

For the most part they probably could not pass the entrance tests as college guys.
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[rcsodak]

For the most part they probably could not pass the entrance tests as college guys.
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After what happened to PTilman? They want the fame....not the glory.
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[Sinthor]

WOW Adrian Peterson sure put his foot in his mouth because according to this and other articles:



http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/03/adrian-peterson-players-place-in-nfl-like-modern-day-slavery/1

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Yeah, I can't believe he hasn't retracted this STUPID statement. I don't believe slaves got paid for work. Bottom line, very dumb. Not the kind of statement the NFLPA wants it's members to make if it wants public support. Wait!.....there IS no NFLPA.....nevermind! :)