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Association has filed a federal lawsuit in a Minnesota court, asking to have
last weeks ruling against suspended Vikings running back Adrian Peterson
vacated. NFL-appointed arbitrator Harold Henderson last Friday upheld the NFLs
indefinite suspension of Peterson for violating the leagues personal conduct
policy. Henderson said the ruling was not unfair or inconsistent, as Petersons
initial appeal had suggested. The NFLPA argued in its petition Monday that
Hendersons decision is contrary to the essence of the NFL-NFLPA Collective
Bargaining Agreement; it defies fundamental principles of notice, fairness, and
consistency; and it was rendered by an evidently partial arbitrator who exceeded
the scope of his authority. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced last month
that Peterson would be suspended without pay at least through the remainder of
this season after the star running back pleaded no contest to a charge of
misdemeanor reckless assault for striking his 4-year-old son with a wooden tree
branch in May. The NFLPA, in a statement after the ruling, said it expected
Petersons appeal to be denied because of what it called Hendersons relationship
and financial ties to the NFL. Henderson is a former longtime NFL executive who
dealt mostly in player and labor relations during his time with the league. The
union, in its filing Monday, again reiterated its stance that the NFL is making
it up as it goes along, in reference to the leagues decisions on suspensions
related to the personal conduct policy. Under the NFL suspension, Peterson will
not be considered for reinstatement prior to April 15 and he will forfeit six
game checks. The union argued that Peterson was penalized under a revised
personal conduct policy issued in late August, months after the incident
occurred. The NFL beefed up the language in its policy in response to mounting
criticism over the Ray Rice case. Rice won his appeal of an indefinite
suspension levied by the commissioner in September for punching his now-wife in
an Atlantic City Casino back in February. Goodell and NFL owners last Wednesday
announced a revised policy on personal conduct, doing so, the NFLPA said,
without the unions input. However, the CBA that was agreed upon in August 2011,
gives the commissioners office the power to institute personal conduct
penalties. On Monday, ABC News also broadcast audio tape of a phone conversation
between Peterson and NFL executive Troy Vincent. Vincent, a former player and
NFLPA president, told Peterson he would be subject only to a two-game suspension
-- which was the maximum penalty for a first-time offender under the old policy
and the initial penalty Rice was given for his transgression until videotape of
Rices incident surfaced. During the appeal hearing, Vincent said he never
promised Peterson anything and Henderson agreed in his ruling, saying Vincent
didnt have the authority to make such promises. The tape, which was part of the
appeal process, has Peterson asking Vincent if he would only be penalized two
games. Vincent responded, Yeah, but added that Peterson would have to go through
the process, which would include a hearing that the player did not attend.
Peterson hasnt played since the Vikings season opener Sept. 7. The two-time NFL
rushing champion was originally charged with reckless or negligent injury to a
child, but pleaded no contest to the lesser misdemeanor offense after working
out an agreement with the Montgomery County (Texas) district attorney. The 2012
NFL MVP avoided jail time and was placed on probation while receiving a $4,000
fine and an order to perform 80 hours of community service.
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Sacramento mayor and National Basketball Players Association adviser Kevin
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features middleweights Lyoto (The Dragon) Machida and C.B. (The Doberman)
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weigh-in after falling and hitting his head while trying to cut weight.The
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resuming training. He has won 10 of his last 11 bouts.Gagnon lost his UFC debut
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