Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson probably doesn’t understand that “tweeting through it” won’t accomplish many goals.
The much maligned veteran went on a pretty absurd Twitter rant on Thursday, talking about everything from how NFL teams don’t honor contracts to how players are thrown to the side “like trash.”
It was a meltdown of epic proportions:
I love people who think they know it all! Smh, Research how many NFL teams hasn't honored a player's contract & learn something.
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) May 28, 2015
Question for the people, is a contract two sided or one?
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) May 28, 2015
Ok great two sided! Well why when one party decides … Mr. ? we wan't you to take a pay cut now or better yet flat out release you!
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) May 28, 2015
There's never no talk about honoring a contract!
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) May 28, 2015
I know hundreds of player's that wished their team would've HONORED the contract! But instead got threw to the side like like trash.
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) May 28, 2015
A lill crazy how one side has so much power that they can do as they please when it come to the contract! But when the other-side (player's)
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) May 28, 2015
Feels for whatever reason! Family, Change of scenery or simply – what they feels just might work best for them! Those same laws don't apply!
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) May 28, 2015
It's all about honoring you're contract! Sounds like free will is being a lil challenged to me!
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) May 28, 2015
Told you this was a rather epic meltdown.
First off, it seems Peterson is angling for more guaranteed money beyond the 2015 season. Under his current contract, the running back has no more cash guaranteed to him beyond this year. The issue with Peterson indicating teams should honor contracts is that he was paid by the Vikings after being placed on the Commissioner’s Exempt List stemming from a child abuse case last year.
It seems Minnesota honored a contract for a player that was sitting at home while his teammates were going to battle every week. There’s an argument to be made about how contracts are formed under the current collective bargaining agreement, but Peterson isn’t the one that should be making said argument.
After all, Minnesota could have shown him the unemployment line after his arrest and no one would have given it a second look.
Remember, Peterson released a statement on Wednesday indicating that the reason he was holding out of the team’s OTAs this week wasn’t because he wanted to be traded. Thursday’s rant backs up that claim even more. He wants more guaranteed money—something that’s simply not going to happen right now.
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