Adrian Peterson Suspension: Do You Think The NFL's Punishment Is Too Harsh [POLL]

Minnesota Vikings running back, Adrian Peterson, was suspended without pay for the remainder of the season on Tuesday for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.

Peterson was indicted for child abuse on September 12^th after it was reported that he injured his 4-year-old son by repeatedly hitting him with a switch earlier in the year. On November 4th, Peterson pleaded no contest and received a misdemeanor charge of reckless assault. At the time, Peterson and his legal team believed that by pleading no contest and opting not to go to trial, that Peterson would be able to return to the field as early as this Sunday. However, after a disciplinary hearing, the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell came down hard on the star running back. Goodell wrote a lengthy letter that was released to the public and was addressed directly at Peterson.

“When indicted, you acknowledged what you did but said that you would not ‘eliminate whooping my kids’ and defended your conduct in numerous published text messages to the child’s mother,” read Goodell’s letter.

“You also said that you felt ‘very confident with my actions because I know my intent.’ These comments raise the serious concern that you do not fully appreciate the seriousness of your conduct, or even worse, that you may feel free to engage in similar conduct in the future.”

After the suspension was handed down, The NFL Players Association announced that they would be appealing the Commissioner’s decision and would push for a mutual arbitrator to hear the appeal. The head of the NFLPA said that an NFL executive had told Peterson that his punishment would only be time served.

Peterson and the NFLPA suffered another blow to their case for reinstatement later in the day, when arbitrator Shyam Das who was hired to oversee a grievance hearing to remove Peterson from the exempt list ruled that the NFL was within their legal rights to leave Peterson on the list. Das ruled that the NFLPA was unable to prove that the league violated the collective bargaining agreement and that Peterson would remain on unpaid leave.

With Peterson lost for the season and fantasy owners across the country who stashed him now left shaking their heads we ask what you thought about the suspension today. Do you think Peterson deserved to be suspended for the rest of the year after hitting his child? Or do you think he served his time already? Let us know in the poll below.