Adrian Peterson illustrates why some athletes quickly go broke.

[Rain Man]

I'll link to support journalism and spam ads, but the bottom line is that he took out a $4 million loan in 2016 at a 15 percent interest rate. He then missed the first payment which, according to the agreement, caused the interest rate to rise to 23 percent.

He paid some of it back, but the balance was due in 2018 and now he's been in court and has been ordered to pay $2.4 million.

So let's talk about everything that he did wrong here.

1. First off, you have career earnings of $99 million to date. Why do you need a loan in the first place?

2. Second, you got a loan at a 15 percent interest rate, which then rose to 23 percent? Really? Were you shopping for the highest rate you could find? Did you misunderstand that a lower rate is better?

3. Here's the web site of the company that loaned him the money. https://www.democracycapital.com/ It looks like a 14 year-old created the web site in ten minutes. If you do a whois on that site, you end up on this site http://jimplacknews.com/, where some guy is making an argument that he can help athletes manage their money, apparently by securing loans for them at outrageous interest rates.

4. If you're going to borrow a large amount of money at usury rates, don't miss a payment and pay it off as soon as possible.

What on earth was so valuable to Adrian Peterson that he would do something like this? This whole thing is pretty much the stupidest thing I've ever seen anyone do. If he borrowed $4 million at a 23 percent interest rate, that means that he's been paying about $1 million a year in interest over the past two years. He's grossing about $2.5 million per year with the Redskins https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/washingt...peterson-4753/, so by the time you take out agent fees and taxes and stuff, he's been paying roughly two-thirds of his annual take-home income in INTEREST payments on this single loan.

Is Adrian mentally challenged or something? It seems like someone ought to get sued or arrested over this.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...d-pay-back-24m

It looks like it's not the first time he's done something like this, either. He borrowed $2.4 million in 2018 and defaulted on it. http://www.startribune.com/adrian-pe...000/473207503/ WTF are you doing, Adrian?

[displacedinMN]

Dunks featuring girls basketball players have become a common sight on social media, but it’s rare to see that display of athleticism from a 14-year-old.

A video of Minnetonka High’s highly touted freshman Ari Peterson surfaced Thursday when she threw down a one-handed dunk during a workout at TVP Academy in Burnsville.


The 6-2 daughter of former Vikings great Adrian Peterson completed a slam on her third attempt, which included a missed dunk with two hands.

“If I jump higher than you, I get $10,” Ari Peterson is heard telling her training partner in the video, before eventually making jaws drop in the gym.

It’s hard to believe Peterson will be starting high school this season. One of Minnesota’s top Class of 2028 prospects, she started at forward for Providence Academy’s varsity team as an eighth-grader last year before transferring to Minnetonka.

Big Ten programs that have offered Peterson a scholarship include the Gophers, Iowa, Ohio State, Michigan State, Michigan, Purdue and Maryland.

Earlier this month, Peterson took an unofficial visit to Iowa and posted pictures on Instagram wearing Hawkeyes gear. She played AAU basketball this summer for All-Iowa Attack’s Nike EYBL team that also featured Hill-Murray’s Mya Wilson and Duluth Marshall’s Chloe Johnson.

Former Minnetonka star and five-star senior Aaliyah Crump transferred to Montverde Academy in Florida, so Peterson could be asked to fill big shoes this season. Dunking in the actual game could make even bigger headlines.

Will Peterson’s training counterpart pay up in the end? We’ll see.

I cant get the video to copy paste so...
https://www.startribune.com/ari-pete...sota/601148257

Other than that, I have nothing good to say towards AP.