The NFL’s new disciplinary policy regarding Domestic Violence will not be retroactively applied, ESPN’s Ed Werder Reports. Earlier this week NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell, admitted that he might have dropped the ball on the Ray Rice suspension of only 2 games and to reconcile that, he levied a stiff mandate of 6 games suspension for first time offenders and a life-time ban for repeat offenders. There were a lot of questions amongst the NFL community whether or not this new mandate would be applied retroactively for past offenders such as Carolina Panthers DE Greg Hardy, who is currently going through a domestic violence legal battle of his own.