Adrian Peterson Misses NFL Hearing Friday

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson declined to show up for his disciplinary hearing with the NFL Friday despite agreeing to meet earlier in the week, and didn't give an alternate date to reschedule the hearing, according to an ESPN report.

The NFLPA had told the league on Thursday that they were unavailable on Friday, even though the meeting was already scheduled.

"We informed the union that we were unwilling to postpone the hearing beyond this week given that the player and union had both expressed a strong desire to resolve this matter as soon as possible, and we had been given no meaningful reason why Adrian and the union could not appear and participate," a NFL official told ESPN.

"We offered other alternatives for this week, but those also were not acceptable. We also have yet to receive more than cursory materials in response to our requests for information on the case. Accordingly, we went forward with the review on Friday as scheduled. We had hoped that Adrian would take advantage of his opportunity to be heard and present whatever information he believes should be considered before a decision on discipline, counseling and services is made. Because he and the NFLPA elected not to do so, we will have to address this based on the information currently available to us."

The NFLPA said Peterson's attorney Rusty Hardin provided the NFL with a letter claiming it's against Texas state law to give the league the documents they requested. They also said that Peterson's clinician was made available to the NFL.

This hearing was more important for Peterson's reinstatement then Monday's conference call about his grievance with being on the Commissioner's-Exempt List.

Peterson hasn't played since Week 1.