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Vikings NFL Team Bars Adrian Peterson in Reversal of Stance

HeadlineSep 17, 2014

The National Football League’s Minnesota Vikings have reversed course and barred star running back Adrian Peterson from all team activities following an outcry over his indictment for child abuse. The Vikings previously reinstated Peterson after benching him for a game. He is accused of beating his four-year-old son with a tree branch. The controversy prompted the Radisson hotel chain to suspend its sponsorship of the team on Monday. The Vikings team now says it has placed Peterson on the exempt-commissioner’s permission list, which prevents him from participating in team activities.

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