Baltimore Ravens expect NFL to be 'fair' to Ray Rice

Ray Rice is surely going to be suspended by the NFL for violating the league’s personal conduct policy after he was videotaped dragging his unconscious fiancee (now wife) out of an Atlantic City casino elevator in February and the Baltimore Ravens expect the league to be “fair” to Rice.

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What exactly constitutes as fair punishment for Rice knocking out his fiancee?

If you violate the league’s substance abuse policy you get a four-game suspension.

You can violate that policy with over-the-counter substances and surely that pales in comparison to domestic violence, so how many games should Rice miss? Better question may be how many games will Rice miss?

“It’s not my decision to make or any of us here,” Harbaugh said, via Aaron Wilson of the Baltimore Sun. “It’s in other people’s hands. I’m sure there’s a lot of complications making those kind of decisions. There are many sides to every story, and there are a lot of factors. There are other people involved.

“There are other disciplinary situations involved around the league. That has to be weighed and taken into context They’re going to have to sort through that to be fair about the whole thing. I know the league is really judicious about that. I think they work really hard to do the right thing. I don’t think they worry about public opinion too much. I think they want to do the right thing by the people involved and see where it goes.”

Harbaugh said he hopes to know how long Rice will be suspended midway through the preseason so he can adjust without having his starting running back in the lineup.

Rice is one of five Ravens to be arrested this offseason.

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Baltimore Ravens expect NFL to be ‘fair’ to Ray Rice

By Patrick Schmidt | Jul 22, 2014