Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings was notified today that he has been suspended without pay for at least the remainder of the 2014 NFL season, and will not be considered for reinstatement before April 15, for violating the NFL Personal Conduct Policy in an incident of abusive discipline that he inflicted on his four-year-old son last May. Peterson pled no contest on November 4 in state court in Montgomery County, Texas to reckless assault of the child NFLCommunications.com - Adrian Peterson suspended
I got the impression that being on the exempt list had the possibility of him returning this season of the case was closed in time, but it doesn't make since to suspend him for the rest of the year. They should have just done that from the start.
After not being strict enough with Ray rice initially, the league is now going overboard with some of these high profile situations.
