Detroit Lions WR Calvin Johnson: Can’t Nobody Tell Me How to Discipline My Kids

As the Adrian Peterson saga unfolds more and more players are offering their two cents on the matter and disciplining children. Lions running back Reggie Bush did so recently causing a stir online when he said he will discipline his daughter 'harshly' if the need ever arises (he eventually tried to clarify/soften his comments).

What he could have done was be more like his teammate, Calvin Johnson.

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Megatron told the media the truth without giving them anything that could be spun in a negative light:

“With this whole situation, it’s very unfortunate, and then you have pictures come out and stuff like that, which made it even worse,” Johnson continued. “I’m going to discipline my kids, so – and can’t nobody tell me how to discipline my kids, but like I say, that’s not my situation right now. My situation would be private. It’s not a public matter when you discipline your family, but unfortunately for him it’s become that, and like I say, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with disciplining your child. It teaches them discipline at the same time, and we all need that.”

Smart comments from a smart player. He didn't lie or soften his view. He was straight forward without giving the media any more detail than it absoltuely needed.

He brings up a very good point about disciplining a child being a private matter. The Texas Rangers (the law enforcement branch; not the baseball team) are investigating how information about Peterson's case was leaked. Had that never happened the whole matter could have run its course and been resolved without the general public knowing a thing.

But the photos did leak and now Peterson is being talked about in the same context of Ray Rice, Greg Hardy, and Ray McDonald (and now Jonathan Dwyer).

Johnson things Peterson's case is a totally different matter than the aforementioned:

“Some things are private matters, and there’s some things that shouldn’t be done, like shouldn’t put your hands on a woman, simple as that,” Johnson said. “Talking about Adrian and going from that to the domestic cases that we have with putting your hands on a woman, those are two totally different things to me.”

What do you think internet? Is Peterson's case totally different, similar, or pretty much the same as Rice, Hardy, and McDonald?

[Quotes from CBSLocal]

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