Adrian Peterson Suspended Indefinitely For Beating Child Minnesota Vikings and NFL Adrian Peterson Ray Rice NFL Roger Goodell Baltimore Ravens Johnathan Dwyer Arizona Cardinals Brandon Marshall Chicago Bears (CNN) The Minnesota Vikings made a mistake. And they want to "get things right."The two statements were repeated several times by owners and members of the team's front office during a media day news conference Wednesday, the first 20 minutes of which were dominated by questions about star running back Adrian Peterson, felony child abuse in Texas. " mistake, ," co-owner Zygil Wilf reporter Wilf's brother, co-owner Mark Wilf, general manager Rick Spielman and Kevin Warren, executive vice president of legal affairs, whether the team wanted to apologize to the boy that Peterson is charged with abusing or the boy's mother There was a brief pause before Mark Wilf said, "Again, our focus is to get things right, and we support Adrian. “The move to keep Peterson "away from all team activities" marked a change in course for the Vikings, which had earlier said that Peterson would practice this week and could play in Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints Peterson was placed on an exempt list, the team announced early Wednesday, so that he can deal with the felony child abuse charge stemming from the June discipline of his son, whom Peterson has said he never intended to injure. Vikings placed him on the list or whether Peterson made the decision, news conference, Commissioner Roger Goodell player on the NFL's exempt/commissioner's permission list. Peterson's situation began with the Vikings, which conveyed its intentions to the NFL. "This was a decision made by the Vikings," he said. Spielman said he met with Peterson on Tuesday, Vikings football." Peterson pay legal issues. " Adrian Peterson to resolve his personal situation and the Vikings to return the focus to the football field," CNN. NFL Peterson's attorney, Rusty Hardin, team and the community, legal system "the court of public opinion." judge and jury Adrian. Decision rescinded Vikings Peterson would return to practice Vikings and for Adrian,". " welfare of children, and we want to be sure we get this right."
Peterson is considered one of the best running backs in the NFL -- if not the best. His absence was probably felt during the Vikings', the Oklahoma University product agreed to a lucrative contract, which NFL.com indictment felony charge son. Tuesday, endorsement deals when Castrol, a major producer of motor oil, pulled out. Castrol used Peterson in commercials for its Edge performance oil product and on social media. social media commercials are no longer available on YouTube. His other major sponsor, Nike, said late last week it would stand by its athlete for the time being. One of the team's sponsors, the Radisson hotel chain, "limited sponsorship of the Minnesota Vikings while we evaluate the facts and circumstances." Also, the website for Peterson's All Day Foundation was taken offline after the charities represented on the site received "harassing" calls from gossip sites, Adrian media and harassed by the media communication After his indictment last week, Peterson turned himself in to East Texas court hearing is scheduled for October 8. Texas law, convicted of injury to a criminal state Photos TMZ allegedly show Peterson's son's leg covered in marks that could have come from a switch, or thin tree branch. Some of the marks in the photo appeared to have broken the skin. Peterson's lawyer switch to spank his son," "he experienced as a child growing up in east Texas." Adrian Peterson and the false gospel of spanking Hardin said that "Adrian never intended to harm his son and deeply regrets the unintentional injury." Peterson defended himself Monday, saying he is "not a perfect parent, , not a child abuser." CNN affiliate Peterson allegedly abused another one of his children -- a 4-year-old son. mother child Child Protective Services in Peterson beat the child while he was visiting his father at his Houston-area home. According to the report, text messages between Peterson and the boy's mother show that Peterson admitted disciplining the child, but he says