Vikings RB Adrian Peterson caused a stir recently with his quotes in a Yahoo! Sports story in which he referred to the NFL as "modern-day slavery." Peterson's words came just after the owners locked out the players. Peterson's agent, Ben Dogra, then provided a statement on his client's behalf because Peterson was traveling to Africa as part of a Starkey Hearing Foundation mission. "I think anybody that knows Adrian knows that Adrian is a very strong-willed and passionate individual," Dogra said. "The game means an awful lot to him. People should not just take his statements per se word by word. It's a difficult time. He would love to play. I'm sure that everybody would love to see football continue in the NFL and I'm sure at some point it will get resolved. But Adrian, that's what makes him great. He's soft-spoken but if he has something on his mind he'll speak it. But I think nobody should really look at those words and take them out of context." Source: USA Today
