The second day of Adrian Peterson's appeal of his NFL suspension ended on Thursday afternoon in New York, with NFL executive Troy Vincent reportedly testifying before arbitrator Harold Henderson.
Peterson, 29, was suspended by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on November 18 for at least the remainder of the season after pleading no contest to a reduced charge to avoid jail time in the severe spanking of his four-year-old son.
The league said the Minnesota player's plea - for smacking his son's rear with a branch so hard that it created cuts, welts and bruises - put him in violation of its personal conduct policy.
Peterson, the 2012 NFL Most Valuable Player, has played in just one game this year, Minnesota's season-opener.
He has argued that he was told his time spent sidelined on the commissioner's exempt list, with full pay, as his case was investigated would count as "time served" and he would be reinstated once the case was resolved.
Peterson said Vincent outlined that plan, and on Thursday Vincent was questioned at the hearing by NFL Players Association attorney Jeffrey Kessler, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and other US media reported.
Henderson, a former NFL executive vice president of labor relations, is expected to render a decision in about a week, although Pro Football Talk reported on Wednesday that he had urged the sides to negotiate a settlement.
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