After video surfaced of Ray Rice brutally knocking his wife Janay unconscious, he was released by the Baltimore Ravens. Rice was of course upset about the termination and believed the team would stand by him after he reportedly disclosed everything to them before the story blew up. Rice filed a wrongful termination grievance and received a hefty sum of money.
Ray Rice received $1.588 million from the Baltimore Ravens as part of the settlement in his wrongful termination grievance hearing in January, the Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday, citing sources.
As a result of the settlement, the Ravens will carry an additional $177,000 against the 2015 salary cap. The NFL had placed a $1.411 million cap charge against the Ravens’ 2014 cap when Rice filed his grievance. So, the additional $177,000 will carry over into 2015.
Rice was seeking $3.529 million, the amount he would have earned had he played the remaining 14 games of the regular season after being suspended for two games.
He was suspended indefinitely Sept. 8 for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.
Rice was reinstated in December after a neutral arbitrator overturned his NFL suspension on appeal. Commissioner Roger Goodell had initially suspended Rice for two games before increasing the punishment to an indefinite ban after the video surfaced.
