The federal judge who's vacation from the bench allowed for a suspended Ezekiel Elliott to play an additional two week on a temporary restraining order pending her return - ruled to uphold the six-game suspension at the Cowboys running back's hearing in New York on Monday, October 30.
Two weeks after the NFLPA's appeal was taken to New York on account of a New Orleans federal court establishing that it did not have jurisdiction to rule in the case, U.S. District Court Judge Katherine P. Failla was back at work to review Elliott's argument. Ultimately, she decided to deny the football star a preliminary injunction behind the position that the NFLPA failed to prove that the arbitration process commissioner Roger Goodell put in place to oversee the domestic violence accusations against him, were in any way unfair. According to Failla, the process fell in line with federal labor laws and conditions of the league's collective bargaining agreement.
"Having negotiated with the NFLPA over the terms of a particular CBA, the NFL has an interest in obtaining the benefit of its bargain -- an interest that might well be eroded if courts such as this one were permitted to micromanage the disciplinary decisions of the commissioner," Failla wrote in her ruling.
Elliott and the NFLPA were given a 24-hour stay period to decide if they want to put up another appeal. Should Elliott accept the suspension he will miss out on a schedule of games that include matchups against the Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Chargers, Washington Redskins, and the New York Giants before returning in Week 15.
Source: nfl.com
