Adrian Peterson is clearly still unhappy with the Minnesota Vikings, and he took to Twitter on Thursday to express his frustration in a way that most agree was utterly ridiculous.
Peterson went on a scattered rant about how NFL teams hold all of the power when it comes to contracts. His overall point seemed to be that teams can part ways with players whenever they please, but players need the team to cooperate if they want to leave. Take it away, Adrian.
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
All I'm saying as a Minnesota Viking player! WE need the same power to do as all 32 teams do we they feel, under contract or not!
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) May 28, 2015
It's time for a change! Then again I'm grateful because at the end of the day, I know some of those same guys that wish a team held on!
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) May 28, 2015
This isn’t a good look for Peterson. We understand he is unhappy in Minnesota and feels the Vikings didn’t support him through his child abuse case, but he was paid more than $12 million last year and appeared in just one game. That had nothing to do with injuries and everything to do with legal issues.
In 2015, Peterson is set to count $15.4 million against the salary cap. As NFL Network’s Albert Breer notes, that is $6.2 million more than any other running back in the league.
Peterson said Wednesday that he is not attending organized team activities for business reasons. One report indicates that he is still trying to strong-arm the Vikings into trading him. For a guy who is getting paid more than any other player at his position, Peterson is making an awful lot of noise about money. If he wants out of his extremely lucrative contract, he should just retire.
