Adrian Peterson's reinstatement hearing will happen on Nov. 17 following the grievance filed by the NFLPA, but that may not clear up his playing status.
The Player's Association filed a grievance for Peterson's reinstatement after he pled no contest to a charge of misdemeanor reckless assault and agreed to be placed on probation.
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NFL arbitrator Shyam Das will conduct the reinstatement hearing on Monday, with his verdict expected later in the week. However, even if Peterson succeeds in his bid for reinstatement, there is no guarantee that he will see the field at any point during this season.
Since the hearing takes place on Monday, Peterson will obviously miss Sunday's tilt against Chicago, meaning that the Vikings will have a maximum of six games remaining in the 2014 season. He could easily miss Minnesota's Nov. 23 game against Green Bay if his reinstatement verdict gets handed down late next week.
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The reinstatement hearing also has no bearing on the review that Peterson will face for a possible violation of the NFL's personal conduct policy. The NFL agreed to wait until Peterson's legal proceedings were resolved before instituting any kind of discipline, and they released a statement to ESPN saying, "When Mr. Peterson decided not to contest criminal charges, we promptly advised both him and the NFLPA that we were prepared to consider what, if any, discipline should now be imposed under the personal conduct policy."
Following the Ray Rice fiasco, the NFL altered its personal conduct policy to include a mandatory six-game suspension for any type of domestic violence incident. It seems reasonable to assume that Peterson's case would fall under the same umbrella. If that ends up being the case, Peterson would almost certainly miss the remainder of this season, and possibly the first game of the 2015 season as well.
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