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The NFL holds hearings to discuss suspension or penalties related to off-field legal matters 60-90 days out from adjudication.
This has always been the process.
Rice's hearing with the league will be 75 days out from adjudication.
So this is perfectly par for the course. Ironically, having them move up the hearing to before week 1 would make it abnormally early.
Get the boogyman out of your head. It's not rigged. This is how the process works.