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The NFL Players Association has asked that Troy Vincent, the league's executive vice president of football operations, be compelled to testify as a "central witness" in Adrian Peterson's appeal of his suspension, according to sources. Jeffrey Kessler, the union's outside counsel, specifically stated in a letter to the NFL that Vincent must be cross-examined because he allegedly told Peterson he would not be subject to the league's new personal conduct policy, that he specifically told the Minnesota Vikings running back he would not be suspended for more than two games and that the time spent on the commissioner's exempt list would be considered time served. It is not known if the union has documentation regarding what it says Vincent allegedly told Peterson. Peterson's appeal is scheduled to be heard Tuesday before Harold Henderson, who is not considered the "neutral arbitrator" such as Judge Barbara Jones in the Ray Rice case. According to sources, Henderson...