Rice reportedly settles grievance with Ravens over termination

A hearing scheduled to begin Thursday between running back Ray Rice and the Ravens will not take place after all.
As first reported by Pro Football Talk, the sides settled Rice’s wrongful termination grievance in which he was seeking $3.529 million in base salary he was scheduled to make for the rest of the 2014 season before being cut on Sept. 8. Terms of the settlement have not been disclosed, but the agreement appears to close the book on Rice’s relationship with his former organization.
Unlike his appeal of the NFL’s indefinite suspension handed down hours after TMZ released the elevator video of what transpired between him and Janay Palmer, Rice figured to have a more difficult time in winning his grievance against the Ravens given the wide latitude that NFL teams own in cutting players. It’s possible that both sides wanted to bring closure without shedding light on any new details that could bring further embarrassment to either party.
Rice’s side was expected to argue that his release fell into the category of double jeopardy as the organization supported him throughout the ordeal until the time of the in-elevator video, but the Ravens would have likely pointed to the running back’s poor 2013 performance in which he rushed for a career-low 660 yards and averaged just 3.1 yards per carry as more than enough grounds for termination.