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Title: Vikings' Adrian Peterson compares NFL to 'modern-day slavery'
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URL Source: http://www.twincities.com/ci_17619356?nclick_check=1
Published: Mar 15, 2011
Author: Jeremy Fowler
Post Date: 2011-03-15 20:43:13 by Happy Quanzaa
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Views: 19441
Comments: 34
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson compared NFL owners' treatment of players to "modern-day slavery," according to an online interview published today by Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo's Doug Farrar, who conducted the interview Friday with Peterson, removed that comment from the story later today, explaining on Twitter that he wants to give Peterson the chance to provide context. Peterson, who is known to be thoughtful when speaking with the local media in Minnesota, is in Africa with other NFL players on a goodwill trip and unavailable for immediate comment. The owners and players couldn't agree on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement last week after more than two weeks of federal mediation. Shortly before the players union decertified, Peterson spoke to Yahoo to promote a recent appearance on the online reality show "Double Take." The NFL declared a lockout when the CBA expired at 11 p.m. CST. "The players are getting robbed. They are," Peterson told Yahoo. "The owners are making so much money off of us to begin with. I don't know that I want to quote myself on that." When discussing other players feeling the same way, Peterson said: "It's modern-day slavery, you know? People kind of laugh at that, but there are people working at regular jobs who get treated the same way, too. With all the money. ... The owners are trying to get a different percentage, and bring in more money. I understand that; these are business-minded people. Of course this is what they are going to want to do. I understand that; it's how they got to where they are now. But as players, we have to stand our ground and say, 'Hey — without us, there's no football.' " Peterson is set to make $10.72 million in base salary in 2011. Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant took exception to Peterson's comment, writing on Twitter: "Their is unfortunately actually still slavery existing in our world. Literal modern day slavery. That was a very misinformed statement." Added Grant: "But I understand what point he was trying to make. I just feel like he should have been advised a little differently."
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#1. To: Happy Quanzaa (#0)
Something tells me this goober doesn't understand the reality of slavery.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
No. You mean; if someone wants to be a slave, they can't try being a walk on in college? ;-D
Pro athletes aside, I do feel college athletes of major money making sports like basketball and football are treated like slaves or indentured servants by the colleges. If you factor in the compensation of room and board and a free education they are still way under paid while college sports system rakes in billions in profits. Also, they can't be paid for endorsements or get any gifts but some college coaches get paid million dollar salaries and have no such restrictions.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Oh yes, a more oppressed bunch of people you won't find than college athletes. Just watch the NCAA hoops tourney and you'll see abuse like you've never seen before. I'll bet the coaches even whip the players at halftime in the locker room. It's just terrible, people that think slavery ended in 1865 have never attended a college sporting event. I wish I'd been as oppressed and abused as the scholarship starters when I was in college.
Exploited is the word. Remember the Janissaries of the Ottoman empire were still slaves to the Sultan even if they were living in the palace barracks.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
I wish somebody would exploit me like I was some kind of a college or pro athlete.
"Walk on slavery"! Wadda concept! Then again,anybody that stupid may benefit from being a slave because they obviously aren't capable of thinking clearly enough to take care of themselves.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Not even close. They can leave anytime they want,and the best ones have the opportunity to go pro after their freshman year if they want. The thing that surprises me the most is that ALL the best ones DON'T go pro after their freshman year. If they stay and play for "free" for another 3 years they risk the chance of having a career-ending injury before they have multi-million dollar insurance contracts against injury,and then when do they have because a BullShit degree in biz management,art history,or nose picking that MIGHT qualify them for a job as a assistant manager at a local McDonalds. Any that are one of the few who can count past 20 without dropping their pants,they can always go back to college once their retire from pro-sports. IMHO,and kid that is offered a pro contract and stays in school is a fool.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Most college athletes leave broken after 4 years and broke.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Sneaky, its risky to do so because if you do and don't get accepted you are out of the system. No college education for free and no pro contract. NBA is like that - don't know about the rest. I would - its best to even skip college and go right from highschool to pro, IMHO but the pro leagues resist that also - it happens but for rare talent.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Or even attended a college and watched these guys ride around in high dollar cars with blondes while rarely even bothering to attend classes,and some even have others take the tests for them. Remember the lawsuits a decade or so ago that were placed against colleges like UCLA because they were graduating basketball players and giving them 4 year degrees that couldn't even read well enough to read a menu? its best to even skip college and go right from highschool to pro, IMHO but the pro leagues resist that also - The resist it because playing high school ball is easy. It gets a little tougher when you start playing college sports because all the players are bigger,stronger,and quicker. Face it,it's one thing to be a stand out center or running back from a high school with 300 students,and it's another thing altogether to be a stand out center or running back from a top ten school. It even goes further than that. Look at what happened to "tough guy" Brian Bosworth from Oklahoma. Thought he was a badass scaring and hurting the college boys in the Big Ten,and then went public about how he was going to terrify the pros. That lasted until his first game against the old Oakland Raiders,and part way through the game he was trying to figure out how many fingers he had and what kind of truck had ran over him. And that was playing against the Raiders offense. He's damn lucky he never had to play their defense. After one year or playing the pro scouts can see how you do against the better players and can see how disciplined you are. That's why the pros mostly leave HS players alone.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
It's against the rules for them to have such cars given or loaned to them.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
You have to be the most naive fool on the entire planet, if you are on this planet.
What's your solution? A Affirmative Action program for the pros that requires them to hire bums to sit on the benches? Maybe even a AA program to hire handicapped midgets to play center on bb teams and running backs on football teams? How about blind pitchers for baseball team,or even blind archers for archery teams? Yeah,THAT's the ticket! Those poor handicapped people and midgets are criminally underrepresented in pro sports,and it's time for the feral gubbermint to put down it's cloven hoof and enforce a little "equality" for them! No justice,no peace! No justice,no peace! No justice,no peace! Pick it up,mah bruthas. Or how about a government program that pays them to ride around the country and play exhibition ball? These bozos got a FREE 4 year college education out of it,and if they had applied the energy to getting their degree that they applied to playing sports,they have the ability to go out and get jobs just like the rest of us. You "equality of outcome" idiots make my head hurt. Life ain't fair OR equal,so get used to it. Somehow I suspect the people who are 10+ years out of college and still trying to pay off their student loans ain't going to be all that sympathetic to their cause.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
LOL! You're funny!
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Pay them a salary, nimrod. A share of the profits the college makes from TV. Compensate college athletes for what they are - semi-pros and pay them accordingly.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Way underpaid. Still a rip off - even if you include life time earnings from said free education.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Then how are the big name colleges going to fund soccer, volleyball, womens basketball, crew, fencing, golf, baseball, tiddlywinks, and the multitude of obscure sports that their football and basketball profits pay for? More money from the taxpayers?
So money making basketball and football athletes have to be commies now? Let their hard work fund the sports of others? And if those college sports fund those others - why is it the money is wasted on arenas that rival pro teams? Why don't you want college athletes to profit from their skill? When for profit colleges clearly profit from it several times over? And it's not like a high school player can jump into the pros - because the system is rigged to feed the college sports system.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
I think this is more like indentured servitude - the college OWNs the fruits of the player's labor until the contract period is up. Republicans like this a lot!
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
You can see them upset at the very thought that these college players should get any form of compensation beyond college and room and board. I kind that very illuminating because they put on airs of libertarian capitalism but won't support the notion of monetarily compensating college sports players at market levels. This argument I made is a classic libertarian capitalist argument and these jokers (Happy Quanzaa, sneakypete) went for supporting college communism.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
There are multitudinous gaps between "conservative" theory and what they practice (think free speech rights for corporations but not for the people of Wisconsin). These gaps don't seem to bother them at all. Either they don't notice, or they don't care.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
They are already getting a salary,in the form of a full free ride for all 4 years of college.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Dey vic-tums! VIC-TUMS,AH TELLS YA!
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
HorseHillary! You are a Dim and beyond illuminating. Here is a news flash for you,Buckwheat. Those universities are owned by the public,not a corporation. Paying out millions to borderline qualified students to play a game would just increase the taxes the public has to pay to support those schools,plus raise the price of tuition to everybody else.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
God-boy obviously hasn't looked into the costs of tuition and fees at top colleges lately. It isn't exactly chicken feed.
Now, I know I’m not going to change the minds of any of the True Believers…those who read all of Reverend Al’s sermons, and say things like, “You know, global warming can mean warmer OR colder, wetter OR drier, cloudier OR sunnier, windier OR calmer, …”. Can I get an ‘amen’??
No.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
It could be they hate that blacks will get more money. There is of course an underlying racism in their views that trumps their capitalist ideology. Especially in the case of sneakypete who is clearly a racist.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
You said the most athletes left college broke, can't you even keep your BS in sync on the same thread?
You said the most athletes left college broke, can't you even keep your BS in sync on the same thread? Read it again, stupid. You racists like the current system where college athletes - blacks for the most part - don't get paid beyond room and board and free education. YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO BE ACTUALLY PAID IN MONEY. So yes, currently the vast majority of college players of basketball, football leave college as broke as they came in it and a dubious education. That clear enough, GOPig? "Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
He probably comes from a wealthy family and has never had to worry about how he was going to be able to afford to get a degree.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
No. REALLY? Do tell.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
You are a living,breathing cartoon. No wonder you admire people like Goober Gore. Compared to you they are geniuses.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Why don't you want college basketball and football athletes to get a piece of the money the colleges make? Why does that bother you?
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
#2. To: sneakypete (#1)
"Something tells me this goober doesn't understand the reality of slavery."
#3. To: sneakypete, Happy Quanzaa, Ferret Mike (#1)
(Edited)
#4. To: Godwinson (#3)
I do feel college athletes of major money making sports like basketball and football are treated like slaves or indentured servants by the colleges.
#5. To: Happy Quanzaa (#4)
Oh yes, a more oppressed bunch of people you won't find than college athletes
#6. To: Godwinson (#5)
Exploited is the word.
#7. To: Ferret Mike (#2)
No. You mean; if someone wants to be a slave, they can't try being a walk on in college? ;-D
#8. To: Godwinson (#3)
Pro athletes aside, I do feel college athletes of major money making sports like basketball and football are treated like slaves or indentured servants by the colleges.
#9. To: Happy Quanzaa (#6)
I wish somebody would exploit me like I was some kind of a college or pro athlete.
#10. To: sneakypete (#8)
Not even close. They can leave anytime they want,and the best ones have the opportunity to go pro after their freshman year if they want.
#11. To: Happy Quanzaa (#4)
(Edited)
people that think slavery ended in 1865 have never attended a college sporting event.
#12. To: sneakypete, Happy Quanzaa (#11)
Or even attended a college and watched these guys ride around in high dollar cars with blondes while rarely even bothering to attend classes,and some even have others take the tests for them.
#13. To: Godwinson (#12)
It's against the rules for them to have such cars given or loaned to them.
#14. To: Godwinson (#9)
Most college athletes leave broken after 4 years and broke.
#15. To: Godwinson (#12)
It's against the rules for them to have such cars given or loaned to them.
#16. To: sneakypete (#14)
(Edited)
What's your solution? A Affirmative Action program for the pros that requires them to hire bums to sit on the benches?
#17. To: sneakypete (#14)
These bozos got a FREE 4 year college education out of it,and if they had applied the energy to getting their degree that they applied to playing sports,they have the ability to go out and get jobs just like the rest of us.
#18. To: Godwinson (#16)
Pay them a salary, nimrod. A share of the profits the college makes from TV.
#19. To: Happy Quanzaa (#18)
(Edited)
Then how are the big name colleges going to fund soccer, volleyball, womens basketball, crew, fencing, golf, baseball, tiddlywinks, and the multitude of obscure sports that their football and basketball profits pay for? More money from the taxpayers?
#20. To: Godwinson (#19)
So money making basketball and football athletes have to be commies now? Let their hard work fund the sports of others? And if those college sports fund those others - why is it the money is wasted on arenas that rival pro teams?
#21. To: lucysmom, Happy Quanzaa, sneakypete (#20)
I think this is more like indentured servitude - the college OWNs the fruits of the player's labor until the contract period is up. Republicans like this a lot!
#22. To: Godwinson (#21)
I kind that very illuminating because they put on airs of libertarian capitalism but won't support the notion of monetarily compensating college sports players at market levels.
#23. To: Godwinson (#16)
Pay them a salary, nimrod.
#24. To: Godwinson (#17)
Way underpaid. Still a rip off - even if you include life time earnings from said free education.
#25. To: Godwinson (#21)
I kind that very illuminating because they put on airs of libertarian capitalism
#26. To: sneakypete (#23)
They are already getting a salary,in the form of a full free ride for all 4 years of college.
#27. To: sneakypete (#25)
Those universities are owned by the public,not a corporation.
#28. To: lucysmom, sneakypete (#22)
#29. To: Godwinson (#28)
It could be they hate that blacks will get more money.
#30. To: Happy Quanzaa (#29)
(Edited)
It could be they hate that blacks will get more money.
#31. To: no gnu taxes (#26)
God-boy obviously hasn't looked into the costs of tuition and fees at top colleges lately.
#32. To: Godwinson (#27)
Those universities are owned by the public,not a corporation.
#33. To: Godwinson (#28)
It could be they hate that blacks will get more money. There is of course an underlying racism in their views that trumps their capitalist ideology. Especially in the case of sneakypete who is clearly a racist.
#34. To: sneakypete (#33)
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