Reports: Chiefs WR Rashee Rice accepts six-game ban beginning Week 1

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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice accepted a six-game suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy, NFL Network reported.

Rice, 25, and the NFL were scheduled for a disciplinary hearing as entitled by the Collective Bargaining Agreement. But that Sept. 30 sitdown is unlikely to be necessary with Rice ineligible to play until Oct. 19 when