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Sports NFL writer Terez Paylor said that the situation could be resolved “sooner rather than later.”NFL.com said something similar — but a little stronger — in a story last updated on Thursday morning.So we have Paylor saying “the Chiefs are hopeful” Hill will be available for training camp, and NFL.com saying “Hill is expected” to report to training camp.It should be noted, however Jarvis Jenkins Jersey , that in the previous paragraph of the NFL.com story, insider Ian Rapoport’s earlier reporting that “there is no timetable” for the league to finish its investigation was quoted — even though on Wednesday evening, Rapoport himself had said on NFL Total Access that barring a significant development, Hill is expected to be at training camp.So will Hill be reporting to training camp?Based on the information now available, we believe he will.<hr class="p-entry-hr" id="Aigcmz">The Chiefs’ unofficial suspension of HillIt’s important to remember the NFL itself has not yet taken any action against Hill.On April 25 — the first night of the NFL draft — Chiefs general manager Brett Veach announced Hill would not be participating in team activities following KCTVs’s release of audio recordings reportedly made by Hill’s fiancee Crystal Espinal in which Hill made what appeared to be a threat against her.It’s worth noting Veach’s precise words that night:So the Chiefs — in consultation with Hill’s agent — made a a team decision to bar Hill from its activities.From that moment on, it has been up to the Chiefs — not the NFL — to determine Hill’s status with the team.The Chiefs — along with everyone else — apparently assumed that the recordings Espinal reportedly made would shed new light on the matter Daniel Sorensen Jersey , and reopen the criminal investigation that Johnson County District attorney Steve Howe had announced just the day before would not result in any criminal charges. But it’s now unclear whether the criminal investigation was ever actually reopened.It its initial story, KCTV5 reported that the recordings it had obtained had been provided to Howe, and he was reviewing them.The next morning — April 26 — KCTV5 updated their original story, adding a paragraph saying they had confirmed the criminal investigation had been reopened.KCTV5’s report is apparently the basis for Chiefs head coach Andy Reid’s statement later that day during the press conference introducing new Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark — the one where Reid said the case had been reopened. Reid’s statement generated dozens of national stories trumpeting the reopening of the criminal investigation — which was then presumed to be ongoing during the next six weeks.During that time, it appears that the Chiefs — and the NFL — believed that the criminal investigation then thought to be underway might bear fruit that could inform their decision on what to do about Hill; if criminal charges ended up being filed, that would have made any decision regarding potential discipline for Hill much easier to make.But on May 2 Harrison Butker Jersey , Paylor reported “there’s a belief among some close to the ordeal that the child abuse case against Hill has not been actually ‘reopened’” after the release of the audio recordings.On June 7 — more than a month after Paylor’s report — the Kansas City Star reported that Howe had confirmed the criminal inquiry was “not an active investigation.” The Star also quoted Hill’s attorney Trey Pettlon saying that it was his understanding the criminal inquiry “has been closed for quite some time now.”<hr class="p-entry-hr" id="5cyCC2">No criminal investigationThe absence of a criminal investigation made things more difficult for the Chiefs and the league, since only the filing of criminal charges would allow any information developed by law enforcement to eventually become public knowledge.On the other hand, any information found during the still-ongoing Kansas Department of Children and Familes (DCF) investigation will not be released to the public — something we confirmed recently with DCF spokesperson Mike Deines.Typically, DCF investigations are not public knowledge, but Deines told us that even if they become known to the public, Kansas law is very specific about what the DCF may (or may not) do:In practical terms Demarcus Robinson Jersey , Deines explained that this means DCF is limited to releasing only the dates when a DCF inquiry begins and ends — nothing else.So three weeks ago — when it finally became clear that no one in Hill’s household was subject to an active criminal investigation — the league was left with only one recourse: to investigate the matter independently.That ultimately led to Hill’s eight-hour interview with NFL special counsel for investigations Lisa Friel and her deputy Jennifer Gaffney on Wednesday.According to Paylor, the meeting went well for Hill.If we believe Paylor’s account that the meeting went well for Hill, then the Chiefs could easily decide to lift Hill’s banishment from team activities before Chiefs players report to camp in late July, thereby leaving it to the league to determine whether a suspension of Hill in the regular season is warranted.<hr class="p-entry-hr" id="sR8jaT">A counterpointBut on Thursday, Mike Florio of NBC Sports’ Pro Football Talk — who has seldom missed an opportunity to speak on Hill’s situation — explained what the league might do after conducting its own investigation.This is the nightmare scenario for Hill and the Chiefs. In the end, it might not matter whether Hill makes a compelling case for his innocence to the NFL’s investigators.Even if Hill has now made a strong case to investigators Sammy Watkins Jersey , the league may believe it will have no choice but to impose some kind of suspension on Hill because millions of NFL fans across the country believe Hill is guilty of wrongdoing.<hr class="p-entry-hr" id="QxQuen">The bottom lineIt’s still possible that Hill could receive a light suspension or even none at all.But be warned: we really don’t know exactly what news is coming. UPDATE (Monday, 2:35 Arrowhead Time): Tyreek Hill is interested in taking action against the fan who threw beer on him, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill received a face full of beer courtesy of a New England Patriots fan after Hill scored a 75-yard touchdown Sunday night to tie the game at 40 in the fourth quarter. The play reminded me of when this happened to running back Jamaal Charles years ago in Oakland.Good Morning Football’s Nate Burleson and former running back Reggie Bush were among the well-known NFL personalities who came to Hill’s defense.Early Monday afternoon, the New England Patriots announced they had identified the fan and sent him a letter of disinvite from future events at Gillette Stadium.I have never knew that a letter of disinvite was a thing, but I love that it is. In-laws bothering you? Letter of disinvite. Don’t want the boss to come to the Christmas party? Letter of disinvite.It’s a whole new world.