Report: Adrian Peterson Recorded Phone Conversation With Troy Vincent

The Adrian Peterson story is getting to be more like Watergate with each passing day. Now we’ve got secretly taped phone conversations in the equation.

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Several days ago it was reported that Peterson had submitted as part of his appeal evidence a transcript of a conversation between himself and NFL executive VP of football operations Troy Vincent in which Vincent told Peterson that his time on the exempt list would be counted as time served on his suspension.

This is very important in Peterson’s appeal, as his entire argument hinges on the NFL supposedly guaranteeing that he would be reinstated after his child abuse case was cleared up.

Evidence of such a promise being made could go a long way toward getting Peterson’s six-game suspension reduced.

Here’s the kicker: the transcript submitted as evidence was reportedly taken from a phone conversation between Peterson and Vincent in which Vincent was recorded without his knowledge.

How is such a thing legal?

“>According to Chris Mortensen, Peterson was in Texas at the time the recording is made, and in that state you do not need two-party consent for a phone conversation to be recorded.

And that is where we’re at now in the Adrian Peterson mess. We’ve got phone conversations being taped.

It remains to be seen what influence this transcript might have on the appeal hearing set for tomorrow. A lot of fans will be eagerly waiting to hear the verdict, but a lot of them I imagine have moved on and could not care less what happens.