Well, Adrian Peterson won't play Sunday -- Olbermann was right!!
But how much of a move is it to simply placate the sponsors?
Reason?
He's been officially placed on the Exempt/Commissioner's Permission list. (NFL.com)
Well, I don't know what this is -- it effectively inactivates him indefinitely until his legal problems are resolved.
OK. But this list is mentioned three times in the 2011-2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement, but WHAT IS IT?
Several articles say he IS suspended -- and the list does prohibit him from all team activities.
The problem with this is: Does this also now, under the CBA, since the team stepped in, prohibit Goodell from throwing Peterson out of the league should his legal problems warrant?
From what I can tell, and damned if I can find anything on Google which answers my main question: Does he get his salary? But he is exempt from a roster spot, and is effectively banned from the team (and hence the NFL) until the Commissioner gives permission for him to return...
So he's gone, but bugger if I can figure out the rest of it.
EDIT: Article XVII of the Constitution and By-Laws of the NFL. found here.
17.14, pages 81-82. (of the actual numbering of the document -- NOT what your .PDF reader reads)
Basically, it's the "Exemption List", used in emergency circumstances, for which this would qualify. The Commissioner gets to determine when he returns... At least as of the 2006 revision, this WAS NOT a move by the Vikings: Only Goodell could do it. Now, perhaps the rules have changed in the seven years intervening, but...
I believe it is clear that all salaries count, so he might still get paid, but it's not clear from anything I've read one way or the other...
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