The Minnesota Vikings just broke the Off Hours News Dump scale, releasing a long statement in the middle of the night announcing they’ve placed embattled franchise running back and former league MVP Adrian Peterson on the Exempt/Commissioner’s Permission List.
Feel free to read the entire statement if backpedaling and appeasing are your thing, but the gist is this:
Vikings placed Adrian Peterson on Exempt/Commissioner's Permission list, requiring him to stay away until legal proceedings are resolved.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 17, 2014
If you need to get caught up on the weird twists and turns that have unfolded since news of Peterson’s indictment leaked on Friday, Sarah Sprague offers a succinct summary over at KSK:
Just so we have the timeline right; Peterson deactivated late on Friday, reactivated on Monday morning, local team sponsor Radisson pulls support later in the day on Monday, Tuesday the Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton calls for suspension and the Shield gets a lecture from a major brewery, 1 AM local Minnesota time the Vikings announce their star running back will be out for the foreseeable future.
And we’re definitely not done yet. That’s for sure.
