TLG
10-20-2014, 06:06 PM
Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice could be reinstated into the National Football League within the next four weeks, sources tell CBS Sports.
An appeal hearing date has been set, with a final decision expected to come in an expeditious manner thereafter, and all of that could be resolved by mid-November, which would conceivably allow Rice to sign with another team this season.
Rice was suspended indefinitely by the league in September after video surfaced of him punching his wife (then fiancee) in an Atlantic City elevator. The Ravens cut Rice on the same day. Even if Rice is reinstated, it’s unclear whether or not another NFL team would pick him up.
According to the report, Rice and his attorney’s “will make the case that even under the NFL’s new domestic violence policy, and as a first-time offender, Rice should be suspended a maximum of six games, which has already passed.” Also at issue is whether or not Rice lied to the league in his initial recall of the incident, and whether or not the NFL had access to the video before it was made public.
An appeal hearing date has been set, with a final decision expected to come in an expeditious manner thereafter, and all of that could be resolved by mid-November, which would conceivably allow Rice to sign with another team this season.
Rice was suspended indefinitely by the league in September after video surfaced of him punching his wife (then fiancee) in an Atlantic City elevator. The Ravens cut Rice on the same day. Even if Rice is reinstated, it’s unclear whether or not another NFL team would pick him up.
According to the report, Rice and his attorney’s “will make the case that even under the NFL’s new domestic violence policy, and as a first-time offender, Rice should be suspended a maximum of six games, which has already passed.” Also at issue is whether or not Rice lied to the league in his initial recall of the incident, and whether or not the NFL had access to the video before it was made public.