Indefinitely suspended running back Ray Rice could be reinstated to the NFL within four weeks.
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CBS Sports reports an appeal date has been set with a potential decision on Rice’s playing status taking place in mid-November. Rice appealed his indefinite suspension in September, arguing NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell had no basis to extend his suspension from two games to an indefinite ban.
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Rice also contests he never lied to the commissioner during their original conversations regarding the violent altercation he had with then-fiancee Janay Palmer in a casino elevator.