How should Adrian Peterson be punished?

Black NFL players don't represent the entire south/black community. I'm pretty sure theres only like 1 player and 1 announcer who defended Adrian Peterson, but the majority of the people disagree with his actions (and so does he). Yeah, I agree that AP should be given another chance since this is his first offense, however I think if he should get a chance, Ray Rice should too.

Why does it matter if they're in the NFL or not? Black is black lol. You're making stereo types now

Ray Rice should get another chance yes. He messed up 30 seconds of his life, he's human. What he did was very wrong and he should serve his time. But once he grades out that he's learned from it and became better, bring him back then and only then.

 

[Mandingo]

He punished his kid by hitting him with a switch. Just like he said his father did to him. I haven't seen the pictures or anything, so maybe he took it too far, but it's not even close to what Ray Rice did. I'm not condoning his actions, I just don't think the two issues are comparable at all.

If the NFL wasn't drawing such negative attention to itself with this whole Ray Rice situation at the moment, AP would miss a game or two maybe. As it stands, I think they'll suspend him 6-8 games at most.

A switch is a twig from a tree, if you are raised a certain way i know statistically that many people raise their children the same way their parents raised them, but thats a shallow excuse to use when you get caught. Pictures were pretty intense in my opinion, and just because your parents did it to you doesn't mean you have to do it to your kids, thats unreasonable. Ray Rice got suspended for domestic violence, AP with child abuse. Pretty much the same thing.

 

[Mandingo]

Why does it matter if they're in the NFL or not? Black is black lol. You're making stereo types now

Ray Rice should get another chance yes. He messed up 30 seconds of his life, he's human. What he did was very wrong and he should serve his time. But once he grades out that he's learned from it and became better, bring him back then and only then.

Haha what I'm trying to say is like theres what around 200 black people in the NFL? More? Less? Those 200 people are not an accurate representation of the entire black community is what I'm trying to say.

Yeah I agree that it was a simple mess up and his first offense, but i think he should be tried just like any ordinary man, not given special benefits just because he's the #1 runningback for the NFL. He deserves to come back, but only after his punishment by the law (not by the NFL)

 

just because your parents did it to you doesn't mean you have to do it to your kids, thats unreasonable.

I don't think that's how he's looking at it at all, at least I hope not.

He's probably not thinking

"My dad inflicted this horrible pain on me so I'm going to take it out on my kid"

More like

"When I did something bad as a kid, my dad would hit me with a switch. So when my kid does something bad, that punishment seems logical to me"

If he doesn't see it as a cruel punishment (which imo it is), but merely a fair and logical punishment for his kid, then I can't see how you can compare this to Ray Rice punching his then-girlfriend in the face hard enough to break her jaw.

Idk. Maybe I need to look into the story a bit more, but the Ray Rice situation seems to be on a completely different level to me

 

Haha what I'm trying to say is like theres what around 200 black people in the NFL? More? Less? Those 200 people are not an accurate representation of the entire black community is what I'm trying to say.

Yeah I agree that it was a simple mess up and his first offense, but i think he should be tried just like any ordinary man, not given special benefits just because he's the #1 runningback for the NFL. He deserves to come back, but only after his punishment by the law (not by the NFL)

There are way more black people than 200 in NFL I'd say probably about 700 or so. There's 52 roster spots, 32 teams. 52x32= 1,664.

They're not an accurate representation of entire black community but I don't think an NFL black player is much different than a non NFL black person.

 

[Mandingo]

There are way more black people than 200 in NFL I'd say probably about 700 or so. There's 52 roster spots, 32 teams. 52x32= 1,664.

They're not an accurate representation of entire black community but I don't think an NFL black player is much different than a non NFL black person.

black NFL players make a salary of a professional athlete, of course lifestyle will be different if their income is higher than the average american's