April 15. Tax day, and the day upon which Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is eligible for his NFL reinstatement.
The former is a definite. The latter is anything but, according to NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, who sent this e-mail reminder of Peterson’s vague timetable when asked Tuesday if the league would be removing the former NFL MVP from the commissioner’s exempt list Wednesday:
“Here is what we said regarding April 15 when we announced his suspension [last fall],” Aiello wrote. “Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings was notified today that he has been suspended without pay for at least the remainder of the 2014 NFL season, and will not be considered for reinstatement before April 15, for violating the NFL Personal Conduct Policy in an incident of abusive discipline that he inflicted on his four-year-old son last May.