FILE - In this April 12, 2010, file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger reads a statement in the team's locker room in Pittsburgh. Roethlisberger was suspended six games in 2010 after he was accused of sexually assaulting a Georgia college student following a night of drinking in a Georgia bar earlier that year. He was not charged by Georgia authorities. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell later cut the suspension to four games. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

FILE - In this May 1, 2014, file photo, Baltimore Ravens football player Ray Rice holds hands with his wife, Janay, as they arrive at the Atlantic County Criminal Courthouse in Mays Landing, N.J. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell initially suspended Rice for two games after he was charged with third-degree aggravated assault for hitting his then-fiancee in an elevator in Atlantic City. The couple married a month later. Rice was cut by the Ravens in September 2014 after a video emerged showing him knocking her unconscious and dragging her from the elevator. Goodell then suspended Rice indefinitely and the league implemented its new policy. Rice pleaded not guilty to aggravated assault and applied to a program for first-time offenders. A neutral arbitrator vacated Rice's suspension in November but the three-time Pro Bowl pick hasn't played in the league again. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2015, file photo, Carolina Panthers' Greg Hardy leaves the Mecklenburg County Courthouse in Charlotte, N.C., after domestic violence charges against him were dismissed. Hardy was convicted in July 2014 of assaulting and threatening a woman. He appealed the ruling and was allowed to play the first game of the season before the Panthers placed him on the exempt list. He reportedly reached a settlement with the woman and she could not be located in order to testify so the domestic violence charges were then dismissed and expunged from Hardy's record. (AP Photo/Chris Keane, File)