http://www.newsok.com/article/2825273/ More from as the Car Lot Turns: Nelson Peterson, Adrian’s father, recently was released from a Texas prison to an Oklahoma City halfway house and landed a job at a Jackie Cooper dealership in Edmond. Jackie Cooper is a past subject of NCAA investigations. The NCAA will find that all very interesting.
If Adrian's father isn't supporting him, then what's the problem? I'm pretty sure that if the guy was in prison he also wasn't supporting Adrian--not that a grown man playing major D-1 ball needs much financial support anyway...
If Biology major Joe Schmo's father was released to a Norman, OK halfway house, do you think he would have landed a job at the Jackie Cooper dealership? If it quacks like a duck...
Perhaps this helps: Adrian Peterson's recruiting visit AP: I like Oklahoma, but I want to be where my dad can come to the games. Stoops: Not a problem. Where does he live now? AP: Texas. He's in prison. Gets out next year. Stoops: Not a problem. What kind of work does he do? AP: Robs banks. Stoops: Not a problem. We can hook 'em up with a car dealer. It's kinda the same. Sorry, didn't mean to say "hook 'em". AP: Not a problem.
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