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Former Minnesota Vikings punter and the team's current sideline reporter Greg Coleman reacted on Tuesday (18 November) in Minneapolis to star running back Adrian Peterson's season-ending suspension handed down by the NFL.
Peterson pleaded no contest on 4th November to misdemeanour reckless assault in Texas for injuries to his four-year-old son with a wooden switch. He will not be considered for reinstatement before 15th April next year.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Greg Coleman, Former Minnesota Vikings punter and Vikings current sideline reporter:

"Disappointing as part of the Viking (Minnesota Vikings) family because he's the best running back on the planet. So you do miss his productivity on the field. It's unfortunate the way that this whole piece has come down, the whole incident as a whole. Nobody is condoning what he did, I do think that he's remorseful and he's even said, I've learned from this, but maybe not to the extent that the league and the public would like him to share those views. And I didn't know that you really had to make everybody believe that you're remorseful, especially on the side, the law has made its decision that the legal piece has taken care of itself. But it's unfortunate, but it may not be over, we will see what the NFLPA (National Football League Players Association) has to say about it. I don't know if Adrian (Peterson) is being made the sacrificial lamb because the new domestic violence policy calls for a six-game suspension. Well he's been suspended for a heck of a lot longer than that. So that whole ugly piece will have to sort itself out."