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Waiting it out could mean Rice, 27, doesn't move forward with his push for reinstatement until after the season. A hearing now could come as soon as the end of this month, the person said, though no date had been set as of Wednesday night. Rice was accepted into a pretrial diversion program that will dismiss the assault charge against him upon completion and originally was suspended just two games by the NFL, which drew intense criticism. After the video surfaced, Goodell increased the ban and said Rice was Wholesale nfl Jerseys online
"ambiguous" in his statements to the league about the incident.
Given the unique circumstances of the case, the NFL agreed to waive Goodell's authority over Rice's appeal. Instead, former U. S. district judge Barbara S. Jones was appointed by Goodell to hear the appeal after consultation with the NFLPA.
"Judge Jones as the appeals officer determines the timing of the process, " NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told USA TODAY Sports in an email.