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Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson learned today he will be suspended without pay for the rest of the 2014 NFL season, according to an NFL statement.
He will not be reinstated before April 15 because he violated the league's personal conduct policy "In an incident of abusive discipline that he inflicted on his four-year-old son last May," The league said. Ref. CNN
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Vikings running back was suspended in November following his guilty plea to a misdemeanor reckless assault charge for injuring his 4-year-old son while disciplining him with a switch. Ref. USAToday