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Ray Rice wins appeal, eligible to play in NFL

By UPI Staff
Former Baltimore Ravens star running back Ray Rice has won an appeal and had his indefinite suspension lifted, freeing him to sign with NFL teams. File photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Former Baltimore Ravens star running back Ray Rice has won an appeal and had his indefinite suspension lifted, freeing him to sign with NFL teams. File photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Ray Rice, the former Baltimore Ravens superstar running back, has won an appeal against his indefinite suspension from the NFL.

The ruling means Rice is eligible to sign a contract to play in the NFL.

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Rice's suspension came in the wake of two videos released to the public. In the first, Rice was seen dragging his unconscious then-fiancée, Janay Palmer, out of a hotel elevator. The NFL's lax response to that video was widely criticized and Rice was indefinitely suspended after a second video -- this one showing Rice punching Janay twice in that same elevator -- was released.

Rice took to the federal justice system to appeal his suspension. His testimony, as well as that of Ravens General Manager Ozzie Newsome and now-wife Janay, was enough to convince U.S. District Judge Barbara S. Jones to lift the suspension.

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