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This from Ben Maller @ Yahoo!
Nobody wants to hear a rich man whine, but this NFL star brings up a pretty good argument.
Adrian Peterson hatched what seemed like a good plan on Twitter to change his Minnesota Vikings uniform number from 28 to 23. That was last week. Now the star running back has changed his mind, blaming the power brokers behind pro football merchandise sales for spoiling his idea.
Peterson told his 212,000-plus Twitter followers that he "received a call" from an unnamed source informing him he'd have to buy all the jerseys that have been made with his No. 28 on them if he wanted to change his number. The Vikings star tweeted the amount of money"blew my mind!!!!!"
How much would it cost?
A cool $1,000,000 -- according to Peterson.
That's when the franchise running back unloaded on what he feels is an injustice to star players. Pointing out to his cyber minions that he's among the leaders in NFL jersey sales, Peterson complained that he doesn't "even get paid a million dollars" from his individual Nike sponsorship deal.
Sorry, Adrian...
Sorry, Ben...
Not a good argument...
Obviously neither of you have run a business...
I have...
It doesn't work like that...
The NFL and its retailers invested a million bucks in #28...
You wanna change your number...
You can eat the jerseys...
Not bad with a little ketchup...
dvt
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http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201202/vikings-stars-controversial-rant-against-nfl-uniform-rules
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