Dec. 1, 2014
Baltimore Running Back Ray Rice Reinstated After Domestic Violence Incident
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from www.blackmansStreet.Today
(TriceEdneyWire.com) - Ray Rice has been reinstated but it's not clear if it will be rice and gravy should an NFL team decide to sign him.
Four teams, including the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints, reportedly have expressed interest in Rice, a running back, but none of them are expected to sign him this late in the season.
The Baltimore Ravens said "Nevermore" to Rice and cut him in September after team officials saw a video of Rice and his then fiance, Janay Palmer, fighting in and out of an Atlantic City hotel and casino elevator. The couple is now married.
In the video Palmer is seen slapping Rice outside the bank of elevators, and again inside the elevator. Rice then hits Palmer with enough force to knock her out, according to a 17-page report issued by Judge Barbara S. Jones. Neither Rice nor Palmer were arrested.
Judge Jones reinstated Rice who had been indefinitely suspended by Roger Goodell, the NFL Commissioner. Goodell initially suspended Rice for two games.
Judge Jones said Rice did not mislead Goodell about the fight that occurred in February. "I find that the imposition of the indefinite suspension was arbitrary. I therefore vacate the second penalty imposed on Rice," Judge Jones wrote.