Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was in New York to meet with the NFL on Tuesday regarding his potential reinstatement. The meeting lasted more than three hours before Peterson exited the league's offices. The NFL made no official ruling regarding his status after the meeting.
Peterson remains eligible for reinstatement from the commissioner's exempt list April 15. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wanted to check in with Peterson before then, so he was summoned to New York to meet with Goodell, NFL senior vice president of labor policy Adolpho Birch and others from the league office.
One of the terms Goodell originally set for Peterson's reinstatement was that he needed to meet with a league-assigned psychiatrist to design a counseling and therapy program. Whether Peterson has met Goodell's requirements is believed to be one of the things discussed during the meeting.
Peterson was suspended by the NFL in November after he pleaded no contest in the child-abuse case involving his young son and was told he would be eligible for reinstatement April 15. But the league moved Peterson from the suspended list back to the exempt list in February after a federal judge ruled to void a league-appointed arbitrator's decision to uphold the suspension.
The league has not revealed a timeline for a decision, but if Peterson is reinstated in the coming days, he can officially return to the Vikings for the first time since September.
However, it is unclear if Peterson intends to report if reinstated. His agent, Ben Dogra, recently said the disgruntled running back would be better off playing elsewhere going forward.
The Vikings, meanwhile, expect Peterson to be their starting running back this season. Peterson is under contract through the 2017 season and will make a base salary of $12.75 million in 2015.
The team's offseason workout program begins on April 20, but the majority of it is voluntary. June's mandatory minicamp would be the first time he is contractually obligated to report to Winter Park.
