WR Rashee Rice, KC (9 Viewers)

[TheWinz]

both Rice and his mother made on-purposes

Fixed

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Pete Sweeney
This means Rashee Rice will miss Kansas City's next four games before he is eligible to return, should next week's tests go well.

Kansas City's next four games
vs. New Orleans
at San Francisco
at Las Vegas
vs. Tampa Bay

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Would love it if we stay on point here
Good post Faust, thanks!

 

[georg013]

Amen to that.

 

[Faust]

@Chiefs
We have placed WR Rashee Rice on Reserve/Injured.

Harold R. Kuntz
Official from the team now: As others have reported, he was in the Locker Room today. Walking around .. put on a leg sleeve while at locker.

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[jabarony]

I mean come on. Can we just leave this alone. We don't need to pile on. People make mistakes and clearly taking a package that isn't yours is wrong and reckless driving endangering others is wrong. Calling them POS as if everyone hasn't made mistakes in their life seems excessive.

LOL

And judging them from your morale high ground labeling them POS accomplishes what?
This is a Rashee Rice thread so bringing his family into this and also labeling his mother a POS. What purpose?

We can not like what they both did I just don't see the purpose of piling on with calling him and his mother POS.

Yeah, I'm with you here.

When my kids were little one of my boys came home from middle school talking about how someone at their school was trash. I looked at him with that look where they know I'm serious and tell him:

"you are never to call someone trash ever again. you have no idea what that kid has going on at home. you don't know where he comes from or how he was raised or what he's been through. you have no idea if he even had enough food at home to have breakfast that morning. people are not trash, or pieces of crap, or pieces of ****. you will never refer to another human being in those words. you got that?"

And that's how I feel about this. Yes - both Rice and his mother made mistakes. But I didn't grow up in their shoes.

So if someone has been through ___, or raised in a certain way, they should be excused from criminal behavior? Unlimited free passes because of something that happened in their past?

Reckless car racing - dumb mistake. Fleeing the scene and not accepting responsibility - POS.
Porch Pirate - not a mistake. POS.

I would love to see the Chiefs cut him. They don't need him. Sadly, I doubt they will.

 

[joey]

Thanks for putting him on IR before the finally waiver run in FFPC.

That is all.

 

[Navin Johnson]

I mean come on. Can we just leave this alone. We don't need to pile on. People make mistakes and clearly taking a package that isn't yours is wrong and reckless driving endangering others is wrong. Calling them POS as if everyone hasn't made mistakes in their life seems excessive.

LOL

And judging them from your morale high ground labeling them POS accomplishes what?
This is a Rashee Rice thread so bringing his family into this and also labeling his mother a POS. What purpose?

We can not like what they both did I just don't see the purpose of piling on with calling him and his mother POS.

Yeah, I'm with you here.

When my kids were little one of my boys came home from middle school talking about how someone at their school was trash. I looked at him with that look where they know I'm serious and tell him:

"you are never to call someone trash ever again. you have no idea what that kid has going on at home. you don't know where he comes from or how he was raised or what he's been through. you have no idea if he even had enough food at home to have breakfast that morning. people are not trash, or pieces of crap, or pieces of ****. you will never refer to another human being in those words. you got that?"

And that's how I feel about this. Yes - both Rice and his mother made mistakes. But I didn't grow up in their shoes.

So if someone has been through ___, or raised in a certain way, they should be excused from criminal behavior? Unlimited free passes because of something that happened in their past?

Reckless car racing - dumb mistake. Fleeing the scene and not accepting responsibility - POS.
Porch Pirate - not a mistake. POS.

I would love to see the Chiefs cut him. They don't need him. Sadly, I doubt they will.

Take it to the FFA

 

[mphtrilogy]

are folks now dropping him? I guess I will wait until next week, as I was forced to start Bucky last night in my small bench league so this week is botched anyway, just wondering what consensus is, or is there a chance he will be back in 5 weeks or are we all still guessing?

 

[nyg350]

are folks now dropping him? I guess I will wait until next week, as I was forced to start Bucky last night in my small bench league so this week is botched anyway, just wondering what consensus is, or is there a chance he will be back in 5 weeks or are we all still guessing?

You have to wait until next week. If you find out he'll be back in 4-6 weeks, you have to hold onto him.

 

[Faust]

Albert Breer
One thing we didn't get to in TNF postgame (b/c of OT): Chiefs WR Rashee Rice is expected to have his knee scoped next week after the swelling goes down, per sources. There's fear of ACL damage, and also PCL damage.

Docs will know more after going in and set a plan from there.

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[Faust]

Rashee Rice’s injury opens door to resolution of off-field issues, this year

 

[Smack Tripper]

Not dropping til I hear more. I think you only get so many of these designated to return IR spots, not sure if you reclaim him if he's on season ending IR but thats the move I'm looking for, at least for now. I also have no one on my wire that offers the potential impact he does.

 

[Buckna]

Rashee Rice’s injury opens door to resolution of off-field issues, this year

"The goal will become, we believe (and we’re told), to resolve the eight pending felony charges and to serve any suspension this year, while he’s otherwise unable to play. Then, come 2025, the incident, and the injury, will be behind him."

That's interesting if true (and able to be done.) As many of us speculated and wondered, can he even serve a suspension if he's on injured reserve? Florio seems to indicate that he can in this article

 

[FarFromHome]

Rashee Rice’s injury opens door to resolution of off-field issues, this year

"The goal will become, we believe (and we’re told), to resolve the eight pending felony charges and to serve any suspension this year, while he’s otherwise unable to play. Then, come 2025, the incident, and the injury, will be behind him."

That's interesting if true (and able to be done.) As many of us speculated and wondered, can he even serve a suspension if he's on injured reserve? Florio seems to indicate that he can in this article

Seems shady. Teams can't have it both ways in my opinion. They can't state we will wait for due process of the law, which I agree, then go this route when it's convenient. Optics look bad.

 

[nyg350]

Rashee Rice’s injury opens door to resolution of off-field issues, this year

"The goal will become, we believe (and we’re told), to resolve the eight pending felony charges and to serve any suspension this year, while he’s otherwise unable to play. Then, come 2025, the incident, and the injury, will be behind him."

That's interesting if true (and able to be done.) As many of us speculated and wondered, can he even serve a suspension if he's on injured reserve? Florio seems to indicate that he can in this article

Seems shady. Teams can't have it both ways in my opinion. They can't state we will wait for due process of the law, which I agree, then go this route when it's convenient. Optics look bad.

I do not think he can serve suspension and be on IR. Maybe that's part of this whole "not done for the season". They say he should be ready to come back towards the end of the season. Legal stuff gets resolved. Suspension happens . . . I imagine if the NFL finds out the chiefs lied about his injury and they knew all along he was out for the year . . . there would be fines/punishment, so I doubt this is the way it all plays out. But a fun conspiracy theory.

 

[Chaka]

Rashee Rice’s injury opens door to resolution of off-field issues, this year

"The goal will become, we believe (and we’re told), to resolve the eight pending felony charges and to serve any suspension this year, while he’s otherwise unable to play. Then, come 2025, the incident, and the injury, will be behind him."

That's interesting if true (and able to be done.) As many of us speculated and wondered, can he even serve a suspension if he's on injured reserve? Florio seems to indicate that he can in this article

Seems shady. Teams can't have it both ways in my opinion. They can't state we will wait for due process of the law, which I agree, then go this route when it's convenient. Optics look bad.

I do not think he can serve suspension and be on IR. Maybe that's part of this whole "not done for the season". They say he should be ready to come back towards the end of the season. Legal stuff gets resolved. Suspension happens . . . I imagine if the NFL finds out the chiefs lied about his injury and they knew all along he was out for the year . . . there would be fines/punishment, so I doubt this is the way it all plays out. But a fun conspiracy theory.

Yup. While he is on IR his lawyers are probably trying to settle the 8 (EIGHT!!!) felony counts. If the somehow manage that, then the NFL can suspend Rice once he comes off IR. So, even if his knee is shredded, since the Chiefs have put him on season ending IR technically the Chiefs can bring him off IR then let the NFL suspend Rice which would give the Chiefs a roster exemption and let Rice continue his rehab/recovery.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

If this is true, the NFL is pulling shenanigans that need to be more heavily scrutinized

@Joe Bryant - your thoughts? Pro football talk isn’t a small outlet - seems like a pretty bold accusation.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Rashee Rice’s injury opens door to resolution of off-field issues, this year

Oh crud - missed the Faust update. Man you’re fast!

 

[Joe Bryant]

If this is true, the NFL is pulling shenanigans that need to be more heavily scrutinized

@Joe Bryant - your thoughts? Pro football talk isn’t a small outlet - seems like a pretty bold accusation.

Interesting. I haven't looked a ton at it. Does seem to not be in the spirit of the intention of the rules and suspension. We'll see.

 

[packdog]

I drooped him in 2 redrafts when waivers ran earlier in the week. One was faab and someone blew their budget picking him up. So assuming rice is done he could be bait to drain a leaguemates budget for nothing

 

[jm192]

If this is true, the NFL is pulling shenanigans that need to be more heavily scrutinized

@Joe Bryant - your thoughts? Pro football talk isn’t a small outlet - seems like a pretty bold accusation.

WOW.

It's one of those things that makes too much sense not to be correct.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

If this is true, the NFL is pulling shenanigans that need to be more heavily scrutinized

@Joe Bryant - your thoughts? Pro football talk isn’t a small outlet - seems like a pretty bold accusation.

Interesting. I haven't looked a ton at it. Does seem to not be in the spirit of the intention of the rules and suspension. We'll see.

Seems very manipulative to me.

Helping the chiefs by delaying & not suspending Rice, then trying to accelerate the process to help the Chiefs?

What is even going on here?! Seems like other teams might have a good reason to raise sand over this.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

WOW.

It's one of those things that makes too much sense not to be correct.

Yeah, it’s pretty shady.

 

[DocHolliday]

If this is true, the NFL is pulling shenanigans that need to be more heavily scrutinized

@Joe Bryant - your thoughts? Pro football talk isn’t a small outlet - seems like a pretty bold accusation.

Interesting. I haven't looked a ton at it. Does seem to not be in the spirit of the intention of the rules and suspension. We'll see.

Seems very manipulative to me.

Helping the chiefs by delaying & not suspending Rice, then trying to accelerate the process to help the Chiefs?

What is even going on here?! Seems like other teams might have a good reason to raise sand over this.

And we are supposed to believe the NFL doesn’t prop up certain teams. I’m so glad I’m done with FF and don’t bother watching much NFL these days. It’s a joke.

 

[Chaka]

Helping the chiefs by delaying & not suspending Rice, then trying to accelerate the process to help the Chiefs?

Stop. The NFL almost always allows the legal process to play itself out before imposing suspensions. It has nothing to do with the Chiefs.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Helping the chiefs by delaying & not suspending Rice, then trying to accelerate the process to help the Chiefs?

Stop. The NFL almost always allows the legal process to play itself out before imposing suspensions. It has nothing to do with the Chiefs.

Read the article.

 

[Chaka]

Guys, it's a loophole in the system. It sucks but it's very smart by the Chiefs and frankly I wish the Raiders got to manipulate it first.

The question is if Rice's legal team can work out a deal with the Dallas DA over the next month to get the cases (EIGHT FELONIES!!!) resolved. If anything shady happens it probably has more to do with the Dallas DA and Rice's legal team than the Chiefs and the NFL. Dude should serve jail time for eight felonies (EIGHT!!!).

 

[Chaka]

Helping the chiefs by delaying & not suspending Rice, then trying to accelerate the process to help the Chiefs?

Stop. The NFL almost always allows the legal process to play itself out before imposing suspensions. It has nothing to do with the Chiefs.

Read the article.

I did. Hours ago and posted on it above after I did. It's a loophole and there is nothing indicating the NFL is "helping" the Chiefs.

It's rare the NFL imposes a suspension before legal claims are settled and when it does it's when the PR is so bad they are forced to take action (e.g. Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson). The PR fallout for Rice's crime wasn't terrible. That's out fault, not the NFL's .

The barrier between Rice and a suspension is resolution of his legal cases. Perfectly above board. Not revealing the extent of the injury, presuming they know it's an ACL already (and I think they do) is bad optics to those of us who follow such things but the general public will never even hear about it. Therefore they won't raise a stink and the PR fallout will remain minimal.

Nothing about this suggests the NFL is "helping" the Chiefs.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Helping the chiefs by delaying & not suspending Rice, then trying to accelerate the process to help the Chiefs?

Stop. The NFL almost always allows the legal process to play itself out before imposing suspensions. It has nothing to do with the Chiefs.

Read the article.

I did. Hours ago and posted on it above after I did. It's a loophole and there is nothing indicating the NFL is "helping" the Chiefs.

It's rare the NFL imposes a suspension before legal claims are settled and when it does it's when the PR is so bad they are forced to take action (e.g. Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson). The PR fallout for Rice's crime wasn't terrible. That's out fault, not the NFL's . The barrier between Rice and a suspension is resolution of his legal cases. Perfectly above board. Not revealing the extent of the injury, presuming they know it's an ACL already (and I think they do) is bad optics for those of us who follow such things but the general public will never even hear about it. Therefore they won't raise a stink and the PR fallout will remain minimal.

Nothing about this suggests the NFL is "helping" the Chiefs.

Sure sounds like they exploited the system to slow down the process & keep Rice active while he was healthy, now they want to exploit the system to speed up the process to exploit the system while he’s hurt.

But I’m just a simple caveman, trying to interpret a complex world.

The fact is the NFL does have a conduct policy. At the time it happened I, and many others here, were shocked Rice was not suspended under the “shame upon the shield” schtick.

It is not a hard and fast rule that players are immunized from consequences from the league while the legal system plays out. Even you said:

The NFL almost always

Almost always. That sounds a lot like the opposite, which is “maybe sometimes”.

We’re all entitled to our opinions, and I respect yours. But to me it looks shady AF. Multiple felony hit & run with multiple vehicles involved? Bunch of dudes and a rented lambo, fleeing the scene? Honestly i am *still* stunned that Rice has faced zero consequences for it from the league, or the Chiefs.

This story just serves to highlight how gross it is, and bring attention back to it all.

 

[FarFromHome]

Who knows what's really going on. Something feels off though. I fully understand the swelling needing to go down blah blah. It's Friday. Something just feels off here.

 

[Chaka]

Almost always. That sounds a lot like the opposite, which is “maybe sometimes”.

Again, blame the fans and non-fans who saw a news story about it and didn't care.

We know, we care. I think he deserves due process, which means being able to maintain your livelihood, and I think, whit the information we have that he deserves some jail time.

But again, we're NFL super-users. Jon & Jane Q Public don't care enough to move the needle so it didn't move.

The NFL is doing exactly what it always does and it has nothing to do with the Chiefs.

 

[efactor]

Almost always. That sounds a lot like the opposite, which is “maybe sometimes”.

Again, blame the fans and non-fans who saw a news story about it and didn't care.

We know, we care. I think he deserves due process, which means being able to maintain your livelihood, and I think, whit the information we have that he deserves some jail time.

But again, we're NFL super-users. Jon & Jane Q Public don't care enough to move the needle so it didn't move.

The NFL is doing exactly what it always does and it has nothing to do with the Chiefs.

Please stop. Saying the Chiefs are being smart if they exploit this is like people saying Rice was “smart” to bolt after the accident without checking on anyone. The whole thing is one big sleaze fest.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Can they really hide a surgery?

 

[Chaka]

Almost always. That sounds a lot like the opposite, which is “maybe sometimes”.

Again, blame the fans and non-fans who saw a news story about it and didn't care.

We know, we care. I think he deserves due process, which means being able to maintain your livelihood, and I think, whit the information we have that he deserves some jail time.

But again, we're NFL super-users. Jon & Jane Q Public don't care enough to move the needle so it didn't move.

The NFL is doing exactly what it always does and it has nothing to do with the Chiefs.

Please stop. Saying the Chiefs are being smart if they exploit this is like people saying Rice was “smart” to bolt after the accident without checking on anyone. The whole thing is one big sleaze fest.

They're not remotely comparable in any universe.

One is a felony, several felonies actually, one is perfectly within league rules.

 

[scothawk]

I am so done with this guy.

 

[Bossman]

So Von Miller gets suspended this week due to "allegations" that he assaulted his girlfreind.
... yet Rashee Rice, after being charged with 8 felony counts, civil suits filed against him due to personal injury from said felony, video of the felony before, during, and after, and what seemed to be an admission of guilt... (Rice turned himself in to police, admitted to driving the Lamborghini, and apologized for his actions)
and he gets an NFL "We'll get back to you. Now get out there and play. Your team needs you."
I don't understand.
Now there's a chance Rice serves whatever suspension he gets when he's injured anyway?
Between this situation and every game deciding call / non-call going KC's way, you can't tell me the NFL isn't pushing for the KC Swifties to win another SB.

 

[JohnnyU]

So Von Miller gets suspended this week due to "allegations" that he assaulted his girlfreind.
... yet Rashee Rice, after being charged with 8 felony counts, civil suits filed against him due to personal injury from said felony, video of the felony before, during, and after, and what seemed to be an admission of guilt... (Rice turned himself in to police, admitted to driving the Lamborghini, and apologized for his actions)
and he gets an NFL "We'll get back to you. Now get out there and play. Your team needs you."
I don't understand.
Now there's a chance Rice serves whatever suspension he gets when he's injured anyway?
Between this situation and every game deciding call / non-call going KC's way, you can't tell me the NFL isn't pushing for the KC Swifties to win another SB.

This has been debated. I don't claim to know whether you're allowed to serve a suspension while on IR.

 

[Bossman]

So Von Miller gets suspended this week due to "allegations" that he assaulted his girlfreind.
... yet Rashee Rice, after being charged with 8 felony counts, civil suits filed against him due to personal injury from said felony, video of the felony before, during, and after, and what seemed to be an admission of guilt... (Rice turned himself in to police, admitted to driving the Lamborghini, and apologized for his actions)
and he gets an NFL "We'll get back to you. Now get out there and play. Your team needs you."
I don't understand.
Now there's a chance Rice serves whatever suspension he gets when he's injured anyway?
Between this situation and every game deciding call / non-call going KC's way, you can't tell me the NFL isn't pushing for the KC Swifties to win another SB.

This has been debated. I don't claim to know whether you're allowed to serve a suspension while on IR.

Which is why I said "a chance"
Per Mike Florio ... who I assume would know the answer to serving a suspension while injured;
"The goal will become, we believe (and we’re told), to resolve the eight pending felony charges and to serve any suspension this year, while he’s otherwise unable to play," Florio wrote. "Then, come 2025, the incident, and the injury, will be behind him. Some might call that cynical. Others would regard it as strategic. Because it is."

Rice Suspension Speed Up

 

[JohnnyU]

So Von Miller gets suspended this week due to "allegations" that he assaulted his girlfreind.
... yet Rashee Rice, after being charged with 8 felony counts, civil suits filed against him due to personal injury from said felony, video of the felony before, during, and after, and what seemed to be an admission of guilt... (Rice turned himself in to police, admitted to driving the Lamborghini, and apologized for his actions)
and he gets an NFL "We'll get back to you. Now get out there and play. Your team needs you."
I don't understand.
Now there's a chance Rice serves whatever suspension he gets when he's injured anyway?
Between this situation and every game deciding call / non-call going KC's way, you can't tell me the NFL isn't pushing for the KC Swifties to win another SB.

This has been debated. I don't claim to know whether you're allowed to serve a suspension while on IR.

Which is why I said "a chance"
Per Mike Florio ... who I assume would know the answer to serving a suspension while injured;
"The goal will become, we believe (and we’re told), to resolve the eight pending felony charges and to serve any suspension this year, while he’s otherwise unable to play," Florio wrote. "Then, come 2025, the incident, and the injury, will be behind him. Some might call that cynical. Others would regard it as strategic. Because it is."

Rice Suspension Speed Up

I just can't image a situation where you can do both simultaneously, but I don't claim to know what they will do.

 

[Chaka]

So Von Miller gets suspended this week due to "allegations" that he assaulted his girlfreind.
... yet Rashee Rice, after being charged with 8 felony counts, civil suits filed against him due to personal injury from said felony, video of the felony before, during, and after, and what seemed to be an admission of guilt... (Rice turned himself in to police, admitted to driving the Lamborghini, and apologized for his actions)
and he gets an NFL "We'll get back to you. Now get out there and play. Your team needs you."
I don't understand.
Now there's a chance Rice serves whatever suspension he gets when he's injured anyway?
Between this situation and every game deciding call / non-call going KC's way, you can't tell me the NFL isn't pushing for the KC Swifties to win another SB.

This has been debated. I don't claim to know whether you're allowed to serve a suspension while on IR.

It's probably why they didn't put him on season ending IR.

If Rice resolves his legal b.s. (ETA to clarify: by this I mean it's b.s. if he settles without jail time) the Chiefs bring him back from IR, he gets suspended, goes on to do his rehab anyway and the Chiefs get a roster exemption for the suspended player.

I believe it is perfectly within the rules and strategically brilliant.

 

[efactor]

So Von Miller gets suspended this week due to "allegations" that he assaulted his girlfreind.
... yet Rashee Rice, after being charged with 8 felony counts, civil suits filed against him due to personal injury from said felony, video of the felony before, during, and after, and what seemed to be an admission of guilt... (Rice turned himself in to police, admitted to driving the Lamborghini, and apologized for his actions)
and he gets an NFL "We'll get back to you. Now get out there and play. Your team needs you."
I don't understand.
Now there's a chance Rice serves whatever suspension he gets when he's injured anyway?
Between this situation and every game deciding call / non-call going KC's way, you can't tell me the NFL isn't pushing for the KC Swifties to win another SB.

This has been debated. I don't claim to know whether you're allowed to serve a suspension while on IR.

It's probably why they didn't put him on season ending IR.

If Rice resolves his legal b.s. the Chiefs bring him back from IR, he gets suspended, goes on to do his rehab anyway and the Chiefs get a roster exemption for the suspended player.

So 8 felonies and civil law suits is “legal BS”?

Quite the apologist for Rashee

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

So Von Miller gets suspended this week due to "allegations" that he assaulted his girlfreind.
... yet Rashee Rice, after being charged with 8 felony counts, civil suits filed against him due to personal injury from said felony, video of the felony before, during, and after, and what seemed to be an admission of guilt... (Rice turned himself in to police, admitted to driving the Lamborghini, and apologized for his actions)
and he gets an NFL "We'll get back to you. Now get out there and play. Your team needs you."
I don't understand.
Now there's a chance Rice serves whatever suspension he gets when he's injured anyway?
Between this situation and every game deciding call / non-call going KC's way, you can't tell me the NFL isn't pushing for the KC Swifties to win another SB.

“Almost always” in action.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Then, come 2025, the incident, and the injury, will be behind him. Some might call that cynical. Others would regard it as strategic. Because it is."

It’s both.

 

[Bossman]

So Von Miller gets suspended this week due to "allegations" that he assaulted his girlfreind.
... yet Rashee Rice, after being charged with 8 felony counts, civil suits filed against him due to personal injury from said felony, video of the felony before, during, and after, and what seemed to be an admission of guilt... (Rice turned himself in to police, admitted to driving the Lamborghini, and apologized for his actions)
and he gets an NFL "We'll get back to you. Now get out there and play. Your team needs you."
I don't understand.
Now there's a chance Rice serves whatever suspension he gets when he's injured anyway?
Between this situation and every game deciding call / non-call going KC's way, you can't tell me the NFL isn't pushing for the KC Swifties to win another SB.

This has been debated. I don't claim to know whether you're allowed to serve a suspension while on IR.

It's probably why they didn't put him on season ending IR.

If Rice resolves his legal b.s. the Chiefs bring him back from IR, he gets suspended, goes on to do his rehab anyway and the Chiefs get a roster exemption for the suspended player.

I believe it is perfectly within the rules and strategically brilliant.

Wouldn't that be something if the player nor the team suffers any NFL consequences from this turds 8 felonies.
Strategically brilliant.

 

[The General]

These dudes are approaching CMC levels of screwing fantasy teams here.

The second I drop this dude they announce he will be back this season. I hold onto him and they will inevitably say oh yeah he’s out now til next year

 

[Bossman]

So Von Miller gets suspended this week due to "allegations" that he assaulted his girlfreind.
... yet Rashee Rice, after being charged with 8 felony counts, civil suits filed against him due to personal injury from said felony, video of the felony before, during, and after, and what seemed to be an admission of guilt... (Rice turned himself in to police, admitted to driving the Lamborghini, and apologized for his actions)
and he gets an NFL "We'll get back to you. Now get out there and play. Your team needs you."
I don't understand.
Now there's a chance Rice serves whatever suspension he gets when he's injured anyway?
Between this situation and every game deciding call / non-call going KC's way, you can't tell me the NFL isn't pushing for the KC Swifties to win another SB.

Is there an explanation as to why some players are suspended on "allegations" and in the case of a KC player, the NFL waits for the legal process to "play out"?
This seems glaringly biased towards helping KC win since obviously the legal system will take quite a while to "play out".
Rashee Rice pulled a Henry Ruggs and then left the scene (although just injuries to bystanders vs death) and NFL says he's free to play ... for now.
Your girlfriend accuses you of hitting her, you're OUT. As it should be. I get it. Makes sense.
You injure several people driving your car 120 mph and leave the scene. Witnesses, video, admission of guilt. Let's wait and see what the judge thinks ... lol.

 

[rockaction]

Almost always. That sounds a lot like the opposite, which is “maybe sometimes”.

Might I jump in? Rice dynasty GM here, so full disclosure.

They almost always do now because of the CBA and negotiations with the players and Goodell. I think unless it's a domestic violence issue, the NFL has not acted to suspend people for conduct outside the lines before the justice system decides upon the appropriate punishment for the player regarding the issue at hand. I don't even think violence has been met with the same harshness it once was (see the Kamara saga). I think this is an unspoken agreement the NFL and the NFLPA have after what happened with Ezekiel Elliott and a few others.

NFL player conduct policy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Only one for vehicle stuff, and it was vehicular manslaughter. It resulted in a death.

Now, Rice has some serious charges to answer to and might have more trouble with the law than the NFL. That we don't know. We also don't know if the civil suits seek monetary damages whereby the judge wants him to work in order to make the injured people whole again.

A lot of stuff goes into this. I get the frustration with the Chiefs working the system, but vehicular stuff seems low on the NFL's list of things.

eta* because I neglected to put that they don't decide to suspend before the justice system has its say. They sure do suspend after that.

 

[rockaction]

Is there an explanation as to why some players are suspended on "allegations" and in the case of a KC player, the NFL waits for the legal process to "play out"?

Because they haven't been suspended on "allegations" of anything but domestic violence in the issues you're referring to.

 

[Chaka]

So Von Miller gets suspended this week due to "allegations" that he assaulted his girlfreind.
... yet Rashee Rice, after being charged with 8 felony counts, civil suits filed against him due to personal injury from said felony, video of the felony before, during, and after, and what seemed to be an admission of guilt... (Rice turned himself in to police, admitted to driving the Lamborghini, and apologized for his actions)
and he gets an NFL "We'll get back to you. Now get out there and play. Your team needs you."
I don't understand.
Now there's a chance Rice serves whatever suspension he gets when he's injured anyway?
Between this situation and every game deciding call / non-call going KC's way, you can't tell me the NFL isn't pushing for the KC Swifties to win another SB.

This has been debated. I don't claim to know whether you're allowed to serve a suspension while on IR.

It's probably why they didn't put him on season ending IR.

If Rice resolves his legal b.s. the Chiefs bring him back from IR, he gets suspended, goes on to do his rehab anyway and the Chiefs get a roster exemption for the suspended player.

So 8 felonies and civil law suits is “legal BS”?

Quite the apologist for Rashee

No, it's b.s. if they manage to settle it without jail time. Apologies if that wasn't clear from this or any of my dozen previous posts saying he deserves jail time.

 

[Chaka]

So Von Miller gets suspended this week due to "allegations" that he assaulted his girlfreind.
... yet Rashee Rice, after being charged with 8 felony counts, civil suits filed against him due to personal injury from said felony, video of the felony before, during, and after, and what seemed to be an admission of guilt... (Rice turned himself in to police, admitted to driving the Lamborghini, and apologized for his actions)
and he gets an NFL "We'll get back to you. Now get out there and play. Your team needs you."
I don't understand.
Now there's a chance Rice serves whatever suspension he gets when he's injured anyway?
Between this situation and every game deciding call / non-call going KC's way, you can't tell me the NFL isn't pushing for the KC Swifties to win another SB.

“Almost always” in action.

You can thank Ray Rice for that.