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Ray Rice Appeal -- Goodell Ordered to Testify



NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has been ordered to testify in Ray Rice's appeal of his indefinite suspension.

The appeal hearing before former U.S. District Judge Barbara S. Jones, the neutral arbiter selected, will be held Nov. 5 and 6.

NFL lawyers have argued that Goodell shouldn't have to testify, and instead were offering testimony from Jeff Pash, the NFL's general counsel, and Adolpho Birch, the NFL's vice president for labor policy. Pash and Birch were with Goodell when he met with Rice's side in June to talk about what happened when the former Pro Bowl running back hit his then-fiancee in an elevator.

Rice described details of the incident at that meeting. Goodell has called Rice's description "ambiguous" while Rice's side has maintained he gave exact details.

Rice claims he was wrongly punished multiple times for a single incident. He wants the indefinite suspension lifted, he wants the $3.5 million he's lost for games missed, and he wants to be able to play for any team willing to sign him as a free agent (according to the ESPN video attached to the linked article below). A ruling is expected to be delivered a few weeks after the hearing.

Source: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/117473...al-hearing

Michael Vick (as much as he was hated) rebounded after all the shit he pulled, this guy will also.