Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh has revealed that the club will wait to gather all the information on the Ray Rice incident before they decide on any possible action.
The running back was arrested in Atlantic City for an alleged assault on his fiancee outside of a casino, which the Ravens revealed that they were "aware" of.
However, Harbaugh is adamant that he will not make any decision until all the facts have been established.
He told reporters: "The facts will determine the consequences. That's always the case, right? It's a process. We have to see how it goes.
"Yeah, there's a lot of facts, a lot of process that has to be worked through in anything like this.
"There are a lot of question marks. Ray's character, I think his character, you guys know his character. You start with that."
Rice ran for 660 yards and four touchdowns in the 2013 season.