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    Where in the hell do you get this, Ken? His contract and his collective bargaining agreement are the documents that govern whether of not he can be suspended. A criminal finding may not be required. It's all in the legal agreements under which he is employed. No more privately contracted legal agreements for Ken. Now the government is in charge of my decisions on whether to hire, fire, or take disciplinary actions regarding my employees. Hold the phone a second. If you accuse me of violating contract, and I didn't violate contract; who gets to decide which one of us is in breach of that agreement? Now, we've got an investigation ongoing that is determining what Adrian Peterson did. Is it not the prudent action to wait and see what the results of that investigation are, before you act on his contract and potentially breach the terms of that agreement yourself? If you didn't violate the contract. My point is that a legal finding is not necessarily required to take action (based on whatever is in the contract and allowed under the collective bargaining agreement). I never meant to claim that it was. But I do think it's prudent to wait for legal finding, since the proceedings are already initiated anyways, and that essentially kills two birds with one stone. If he's found guilty, you have no question in acting within the bounds of the contract, and you can punish him as you deem appropriate. If he's found not guilty, you have no liability by having potentially acting wrongfully against an innocent party.
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    He'd lose. Quickly. There is precedent.
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    And if the NFL does take any action against Peterson, I think he'd have every right to move for an injunction against their decision, in order to allow time for a legal ruling on whether or not he did violate the terms of his contract.
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    Where in the hell do you get this, Ken? His contract and his collective bargaining agreement are the documents that govern whether of not he can be suspended. A criminal finding may not be required. It's all in the legal agreements under which he is employed. No more privately contracted legal agreements for Ken. Now the government is in charge of my decisions on whether to hire, fire, or take disciplinary actions regarding my employees. Hold the phone a second. If you accuse me of violating contract, and I didn't violate contract; who gets to decide which one of us is in breach of that agreement? Now, we've got an investigation ongoing that is determining what Adrian Peterson did. Is it not the prudent action to wait and see what the results of that investigation are, before you act on his contract and potentially breach the terms of that agreement yourself?
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    If you were the CEO of my company, I'd do anything I could to get you fired. Willful blindness to facts is simply not acceptable, nor is abdicating your responsibilities to the government. The responsibility to deliver justice is not the NFL's, and the responsibility to decide the facts of a criminal investigation isn't either. Rushing to judgment over a matter which is neither openly apparent or clearly settled is not acceptable; and from a business standpoint, making a bold stand over a matter that is so divided, only draws negative attention to your company. Even if you try to appease the side with the greatest numbers, the loyalty gained will never benefit your business more than the backlash from the alienated party will hurt you. Inaction is the safe policy- at least until a verdict is reached.
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    I don't usually care for boycotts, but if anyone should be boycotted, it's Radisson Hotel. Pulling sponsorship from the Vikings before AP has seen his day in court is irresponsible and disrespectful to the process that the accused is due.
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    If Adrian Peterson is found guilty of a crime, then, and only then, we can talk about the appropriate suspension.
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    Looks like the owner of that message board turned his political opinion into full-on hissy fit. Good rittance.
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    And judging by the responses on the whole, another private force would be coming to his defense.
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    In other words, Roddy made a mockery of a mockery, and self righteous sportswriters predictably took the opportunity to ignore the actual point he was making in order to score cheap points with the mob culture.
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    While I don't endorse corporal punishment in general, I think that such reaction is a fair response to the past generation's worth of hippy-dippy nonsense feelgood parenting that's created an entire generation of spineless, weak-willed, entitled jackass kids.
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    I found it interesting that these were the top three most liked comments under CBS sports' facebook post about this story: Pay attention NFL.
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    I don't think there's a formula to raising humans. I generally don't like the idea of corporal punishment, but even in cases where corporal punishment goes a little too far (this case, for instance), I still have a very hard time calling it abuse. There are varying cultural attitudes toward corporal punishment, and absolutely no consensus on the practice. So what I see here is a guy who acted in the honest belief that he was disciplining his child. If he'd been acting in truly abusive anger, it would be a lot worse. This, unlike the case of Ray Rice's closed fist knockout of his wife, is a case where counselling and education is appropriate, rather than deterrent punishment or confinement. And really, the NFL should butt out. Even if Adrian Peterson did the wrong thing, I really don't believe he did it for the wrong reasons. He doesn't seem to be running from the accusations, and I really don't believe he crossed the threshold into abuse.
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    I sincerely doubt you could get a jury in Texas to rule that as child abuse... but apparently the ruling of a court doesn't matter. The court of public opinion has already spoken. And mob mentality rules all in today's America, because nobody has a spine anymore.
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    Hearing that the Vikings are deactivating Peterson for Sunday's game against the Patriots. Now employers are punishing 'criminals' before they're even convicted... super. :sarcastic: What a joke.
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    Now he's waiting for Shooter McGavin in heaven's parking lot.
  17. KenJennings
    People like you are ruining televised sports, and the reason ESPN sucks ass now ESPN sucks ass because they don't treat sports as they are- games for fun. It's the serious sense of social responsibility, self aggrandizement, and lack of any fun factor that makes ESPN suck. And those aren't problems I see in Berman.
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    I actually think Janeway's irratic behavior is pretty well explained as the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress, and the compounding guilt of her crew's harships in the Delta quadrant. Where they dropped the ball is in their failure to confront those issues in the writing. Janeway was ultimately a poorly written character, but any semblence of likability and relatability was saved by a great performance from Kate Mulgrew. She did a fantastic job developing that character in spite of bad writing. I liked Chakotay how he was, I just wish they would've used him more. He was best as Janeway's conscience when she was in her most erratic moments. I think back to Scorpion and Equinox- where they were really at odds, and Chakotay was very solid in those episodes. The one thing that Voyager truly lacked, that would've made the show infinitely better; was the idea of permanence. We got a taste of that with the Year of Hell two-parter. The ship would take a severe beating one week, and then next week, things are running at 96% effeciency and the crew is having drinks at the pub in Fairhaven. It would've been nice to see the ship deteriorate for long periods of time, to see uniforms go ragged, and to see conduits and bulkheads hanging open in the corridors... at least during the more chaotic story arcs. The Lon Suder story was a great early arc... A psychopathic murderer who, with the help of Tuvok, experiences some sense of genuine rehabilitation... to watch as this crew needs to figure out how to deal with him; and to have the story culminate in his redemption through self-sacrifice was perfect. I believe Voyager's early episodes were actually some of their best, and the Suder story is a prime example of that.
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    Double down geek bonus info, Robert Duncan McNeill was actually cast to reprise the role of Nick Locarno (from The First Duty) in Star Trek: Voyager. Unfortunately, the producers felt that Locarno was too unforgivable, so the character's name was changed to Tom Paris, and his backstory was altered to reflect some other sordid past. But the pieces are all still there: he's a top-notch pilot, he's got a shady history, he's not trusted by other Starfleet officers in the beginning, and his early story arc is one of absolution in the face of negative perceptions. They are essentially the same character, with minor details changed because of meddling producers. Too bad, really... he would've been a much more powerful character with the established history from TNG. We, the viewer- especially the knowledgeable Trekkies among us- would start with the same biases against him that the rest of the crew did. And we would have to judge his absolution for ourselves. The way they did it, with his past crimes being faceless and meaningless to us, he seems like a good guy who's been railroaded for no reason. It's a really weak way of presenting a potentially interesting character's development.
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    I remember that one.... :sigh: :D Its funny when you post it though.... That kind of stuff is exactly why I like Berman.
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    I actually like him. Berman's a character, and maybe not the best pure broadcaster, but I find him fun to listen to. I don't understand why so much hate comes his way- ESPECIALLY when there's the likes of Joe Buck out there. That SOB and his 27" forehead annoy the hell out of me, and he calls games EVERY WEEK!
  22. KenJennings
    In real life, there are incentives for us to act positive... so we put on a happy face and struggle through the day never venting our frustrations. The internet gives people an opportunity to get the bullshit out of their system with no consequences. That doesn't always mean people are just plain trolling or looking for trouble, but the anonymity of the internet just gives a lot of angry people a chance to let it out. F**k them... that's what I say. ;)
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    Absolutely love season 8. These guys haven't missed a stride.
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    Nice to see Tony Stewart get a standing ovation from the fans during intros tonight. Great to see a massive group of people that isn't hooped in by the internet hate, and the faux-media nonsense about this. It's just too bad his night ended poorly, thanks to that dimwit Kyle Busch. I will be rooting for Tony big time next week. Let's get Tony in the postseason.
  25. KenJennings
    That's not what I said. By that logic, I also said that Football is the same as Curling. But I don't think that's what I said.
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