In light of the deteriorating contract negotiations between the NFL Players Union and NFL team owners, Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings recently described the relationship between players and owners as modern day slavery and has received a lot of hell for it.
But, I say he's got a point. I remember reading that the negotiations between the slave union and slave owners got real ugly in 1852, just as this more recent set of negotions has done. In fact, Uncle Tom even compared their situation to that of the Jewish Slaves building paramids in Egypt, and the press gave him hell for it.
Ultimately, the season was suspended, and Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman both decided to retire from slavery, marring their carrers forever and causing fans to wonder, "What if?".
I only hope things will turn out better this time around, but only time will tell.
And give Adrian some props for noticing that history does, in fact, repeat itself.
hahaha
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