The Eleven Million Dollar Man

Adrian Peterson is a hotshot running back for the Minnesota Vikings.
As soon as the NFL and the Players Association can get their acts
together, Adrian will earn almost $11,000,000. in base salary
for playing football next year. But their acts are not yet together.

Doug Farrar interviewed The Eleven Million Dollar Man.
The Eleven Million Dollar Man said that working in the NFL
was "modern-day slavery", and that the players are getting "robbed".

Now I assume that The Eleven Million Dollar Man is just making
the argument that slavery is not as bad as we had once thought,
and that young guys walking around with $11M. in their duffel bags
are having trouble on the side streets.

It must be that. Adrian's agent says that "the game means
an awful lot to him"; "that he would love to play". Better yet,
"nobody should really look at the words and take them out of context".

So please do not do that! You just leave The Eleven Million
Dollar Man's words in the context of a 25 year old making
$11,000,000. a year knowing that pro-football slavery just sucks!

That's our Adrian! All Day Peterson! The Purple Jesus!

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