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Adrian Peterson Must Pay NFL’s ‘Personal Conduct’ Fine After Appeals Court Reversal

Adrian Peterson (Instagram)
Adrian Peterson (Instagram)

*The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s ruling that had overturned Adrian Peterson’s suspension and fine, which resulted when the Minnesota Vikings running back pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge after injuring his son while punishing him with a switch.

Peterson is now responsible for the fine, according to ESPN. He’ll have to pay the NFL the value of three game checks he received from the 2014 season, which totals just under $2.1 million.

The appeal “does not involve his eligibility to play,” so Peterson remains with the Vikings in camp as they prepare for their Sept. 11 season opener against the Tennessee Titans.

Via ESPN:

Commissioner Roger Goodell imposed an indefinite suspension of Peterson and a fine equivalent to six games’ pay in November 2014. Those were upheld by arbitrator Harold Henderson.

In February 2015, a federal judge decided that Goodell should not have penalized Peterson, who committed his infraction before the NFL’s new personal conduct policy went into effect, and reversed the arbitrator’s ruling.

However, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says “the parties bargained to be bound by the decision of the arbitrator, and the arbitrator acted within his authority.”

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