Judge Takes Peterson Arbitration Arguments under Advisement

MINNEAPOLIS (AP/Staff) – The NFL Players Association’s attempt to have Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson reinstated has been taken under advisement by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge David Doty heard arguments from the NFLPA and the NFL on Friday. He did not provide a timetable for his decision. The former Palestine High School star has been suspended at least through April 15 after he was charged in a child abuse case last year, a case he resolved with a plea bargain. NFLPA attorney Jeffrey Kessler said arbitrator Harold Henderson’s rejection of Peterson’s appeal was biased. Dan Nash, a lawyer for the league, said the union is simply is seeking to “re-litigate” the appeal and is bound by the collective bargaining agreement to the arbitration. Peterson said afterward he felt he had “a fair hearing, for once.”