How do you foresee Goodell/NFL suspension of Ray Rice playing out?

Ok...keeping personal feelings about abuse at bay..1).Are there examples of a team/NFL terminating a contract (and not paying it) even though the player was available to play? (ex: Aaron Hernandez is essentially AWOL since he can't show up while he is in jail, thus they can terminate his contract). But Rice is not in jail, was disciplined by court of law and Goodell already, and Rice has not committed any further crimes.

2)It is being rumored by reporters that the NFL indeed did have access to the "bad" video. This opens up a huge can of worms if it is true (and what if the NFLPA can prove it). Goodell made the decision of a 2 game decision.But now that the world has seen the video, Roger now suspends him indefinitely and allows Ravens to terminate the contract. This violates even the new domestic abuse policy. It's not Rice's fault that Goodell let him off the hook for 2 games earlier. It would be similar to a judge sentencing someone to 6 months in jail....then after person has served 5 months, the judge says "you know what, I'm gonna give you another 6 months in jail" even though no furthur crime was committed.

Thanks for reading...try to not let personal feelings interfere.