During yesterday's appeals hearing for suspended running back Adrian Peterson, arbitrator Harold Henderson encouraged the NFL and the NFLPA to engage in settlement discussions, according to a Pro Football Talk report. There have been no talks yet, though, according to the report.
Yesterday, Peterson participated in an appeal of his league suspension, which runs until at least April 15, in New York. The league hearing will conclude tomorrow, after Henderson speaks with NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent, who was unavailable yesterday.
The focal point of Peterson's appeal is his belief that Vincent told him if he went on the commissioner's exempt list he would get credit for "time served," plus a two-game suspension.
The Pro Football Talk report also said that settlement talks could begin as early as today.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell handed down the suspension last month, but Henderson now has the power to uphold it, reduce it or vacate it all together — unless there is indeed a settlement.
