NFL's Peterson may retire, try out for Olympics, ESPN reports

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rocyaice said:
He's saying nothing stupid here. He's actually being rather smart.
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he has how many children, with how many women, before the age of 30?

he admitted to abusing his kids, on a cell phone.

he thought he'd be acquitted.

he thought the nfl would let him off lightly.

he mismanaged his own charity... and used a corporate credit card to pay for hookers.

he thinks he's going to make the olympics in the most difficult races there are.

and he thinks he can handle real estate.

ok.
 
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He'll be back when he's reinstated next season. There's too much money on the table for him, he'd be stupid not to come back....
 
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If Murray goes, I fully believe Peterson is our next running back.
 
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No judgement.
The man may be just terribly upset, and looking for answers, or he may be tired, and have enough money to pursue other interest....
stranger things has happened. You can't be dismissive of what may happen, because you think you know what should happen...

Live your life AP.
 
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JPostSam said:
hundred dollar body, ten cent head.
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I both agree and disagree. First, what you said is true. He is a ten cent head on a $100M body.

Secondly, I think that he has a real point and there is value in it for him to walk away now provided he didn't blow all his money. First, the NFL acts very much like a dictatorship. Not only that, they don't even apply the dictatorship evenly. You never know how they will actually respond to a situation. They are extremely inconsistent. Having one of their biggest stars walk away saying the NFL is the reason he is leaving would be a HUGE blackeye to the NFL. Finally, walking away now would prevent further damage to his body would he will have to live with the rest of his life. If I were him, I would be taking that into account in my decision too. If he blacks the NFL's eye. He could be helping his current and future fellow athletes deal with the NFL in the future.
 
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From Peterson's Wikipedia page:

Track and field
Peterson followed in his mother's footsteps to excel in track & field at Woodward, where he won several medals in events such as the 100 meters, 200 meters, triple jump and long jump. Peterson's coach has stated that he believes that, had he not chosen a career in football, Peterson could have become an Olympic sprinter instead.[16] He recorded a wind-legal time of 10.26 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the 2002 District 15-4A Championships, where he took first by a large margin. He also posted a wind-assisted time of 10.33 seconds in the 100 meters at the 2003 State Track Meet, where he earned a second-place finish behind world-class sprinter Ivory Williams.[23] At the 2004 District 14-4A Championships, Peterson ran the second leg on the Palestine 4x100m relay squad, helping lead them to victory with a time of 41.50 seconds.[24] Peterson has stated that his personal-best times are 10.19 seconds in the 100 meters, 21.23 seconds in the 200 meters and 47.6 seconds in the 400 meters.[25]
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