NEW YORK: Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was banned for the rest of the 2014 season on Tuesday as NFL chiefs accused the star of showing no remorse for beating his four-year-old son with a tree branch.

National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell said the league will not consider reinstating Peterson before April 15 of next year and ordered him to undergo counseling, therapy and treatment.

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