According to the language in the NFL’s contractual bargaining agreement, Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott‘s suspension appeal is expected to take place on August 29, tweets Adam Schefter of ESPN.com.
Although appeal hearings typically are required to be scheduled within ten days of the appeal, the rules are different once the preseason begins. Any suspension appeal filed after the start of the exhibition season is automatically “scheduled for the second Tuesday following the receipt of the notice of appeal,” per the CBA. In Elliott’s case, that date falls two weeks from today on the 29th.
Elliott, of course, is currently suspended for the first six games of the season after the NFL found that he violated the league’s personal conduct policy. While the second-round back had been expected to land a ban of only one or two games, the NFL found that Elliott used physical force against his then-girlfriend.
To this point, Elliott had mostly stayed silent on the suspension process, and had engaged in the exercise. That was because Elliott believed the entire undertaking would end with his exoneration, a source tells Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. Now, Elliott will not only appeal, but hasn’t ruled out a court battle.
Man if I was the NFL, I’d stop suspending players. Period. It’s gotta be a boy in having to go to court every single time, even though the courts have clearly shown they’ll defer to the CBA
he wasn’t a 2nd round back
What’s with all these players and domestic violence? Haven’t they learned from the Ray Rice saga?