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Chiefs owner Clark Hunt confirmed this week that the Chiefs are appealing the NFL’s ruling that they tampered with wide receiver Jeremy Maclin before signing him as a free agent last year.

The Chiefs have been stripped of this year’s third-round pick and next year’s sixth-round pick in addition to a $250,000 fine and fines for coach Andy Reid and General Manager John Dorsey. Hunt said he’d like to have the appeal heard before this year’s draft.

On Wednesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he expects the appeal can be heard by then and that he expects to be the one hearing it.

“I do not know if it’s scheduled yet,” Goodell said, via the Kansas City Star. “I know they did appeal and will accommodate the date. I do expect I will hear it. I haven’t thought of any other alternatives at this point in time. It’s an important policy to us. It’s important from a competitive standpoint, so I expect I will hear it, and if they would like to do it in advance of the draft, we’ll do it then.”

The Chiefs are accused of contacting Maclin directly during last year’s “legal tampering” window when teams are only permitted to speak with representatives of impending free agents.