Radisson Suspends Vikings Sponsorship After Being Displayed Prominently Yesterday in Rick Spielman's Press Conference

Rick Spielman’s press conference yesterday was awkward and not exactly the kind of thing a business wants to have its #brand on. I’ll get into it in more detail, but that press conference did not exactly send a very good message on where the line between proper parenting and abuse, and the gray area, should be. It included (as seen above) the following exchanges:

"Q: What part of those photos don’t tell you it’s abuse? A: When you look at the photos, the photos are disturbing. I understand that. But to be clear, any matter that’s involving the child is very important for this organization but we also think that it is right for him to go through the process legally. . . . Q: What will a jury say change about what you can see with your eyes? A: Again, I don’t know. It hasn’t been in front of a jury yet. What we have is what we are aware of right now. Collecting all of the facts and all of the evidence that we can to make this decision and we felt that this was the best decision going forward."

Well, someone does know–the company who had their name associated with those statements subliminally as they were displayed behind Spielman. The Radisson issued the following statement last night:

"Radisson takes this matter very seriously particularly in light of our long-standing commitment to the protection of children. We are closely following the situation and effective immediately, Radisson is suspending its limited sponsorship of the Minnesota Vikings while we evaluate the facts and circumstances. "

Hey, everyone gets to evaluate the facts and circumstances, and make what they think is the right decision going forward.