Thứ Ba, 18 tháng 11, 2014
Thứ Hai, 17 tháng 11, 2014
On Sunday, DEA agents checked in with the medical staffs of two NFL teams. The visits come as a result of an ongoing lawsuit involving former players and the NFL.
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The league and the NFL Player’s Association seem to have different understandings of how punishment should be determined.
Nearly two weeks ago, Adrian Peterson pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor reckless assault charge.
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The settlement effectively resolved the legal matters surrounding Peterson leaving lacerations and marks on his 4-year-old son by hitting him with a "switch."
Though the legal issues have been resolved, Peterson has yet to return to playing football. He was not immediately removed from the Commissioner's Exempt List, the NFL's "purgatory" list that bans the player from participating in team activities, but the league still pays him his full salary.
On Nov. 10, the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) released a statement stating that they had "filed an expedited, non-injury grievance to remove Adrian Peterson from the Commissioner's Exempt list based on explicit language in a signed agreement dated Sept. 18, 2014."
As of Nov. 16, Peterson remains on the Commissioner's Exempt List, collecting his full salary of $700,000 per week.
On Saturday, it was reported by Adam Schefter of ESPN that Peterson had "declined to attend" Friday's meeting with the NFL. During that hearing, Peterson would have had the opportunity to present information for the NFL to consider while determining an appropriate punishment for him.
An NFL spokesperson told Schefter, "We will have to address this based on the information currently available to us." But the NFLPA said the NFL had ignored an important detail: it would have been illegal under Texas law for Peterson to turn over documents the NFL had requested.
On Sunday, the NFLPA released a statement on behalf of Adrian Peterson, explaining why he had declined to attend the meeting:
After consulting with the union, I told the NFL that I will attend the standard meeting with the Commissioner prior to possible imposition of discipline, as has been the long-term practice under the [collective bargaining agreement], but I wouldn't participate in a newly created and non-collectively bargained pre-discipline "hearing" that would include outside people I don't know and who would have roles in the process that the NFL wouldn't disclose. [...] The process they are pushing is arbitrary, inconsistent, and contrary to what they agreed to do, and for those reasons, I never agreed to the hearing.
Thứ Bảy, 15 tháng 11, 2014
The reports that he’ll get the massive payout over 13 years would mean Giancarlo is pretty dang blessed.
Jon Heyman of CBS reports that the Marlins and Giancarlo Stanton have agreed to a 13-year deal for $325 million.
The deal is said to include an option to opt out, along with a no-trade clause.
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However, his $25 million yearly salary falls (considerably) short of the record.
Thứ Sáu, 14 tháng 11, 2014
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