Originally Posted by dirk digler

NFL meetings, Phoenix, mandatory leisure time between the execs. Old commissioner Pete Rozelle had the suits play either tennis or golf together back then. Peterson picked tennis and wound up on a doubles team with Hunt, who swung a pretty mean racket.

“I was a bit intimidated,” Peterson said.

He tossed him the ball, Hunt gave it back and told him to serve first. After a few, “No, I insists,” Peterson threw the ball up, got both feet off the ground and hit it with everything he had.

He nailed Hunt in the back of the head.

“He went down on his knees,” Peterson said. “And I thought I had just killed the owner of the Kansas City Chiefs. I relayed this (story) to Mr. Hunt during this break in the negotiations. And then he said, ‘You know, Carl, I do remember that now, and I’ve been having some recurring headaches. So unless we get this deal done, you’re going to have to talk to my attorney.’ ”