OT: Ezekiel Elliot

[BonzoGoesToCollege]

For you legal folks, can you lay out what the chances are that Elliot's suspension will stick this time? I get lost in all the mumbo jumbo BS. If he is indeed out for 6 games, there goes my dream fantasy football season.

 

[patdog]

It will stick eventually. No idea if he’ll be able to postpone it again though. But he will eventually serve the suspension.

 

[MarkDallas]

It will stick eventually. No idea if he’ll be able to postpone it again though. But he will eventually serve the suspension.

The problem, at least for me as a Cowboys fan, is that now we're starting to affect the playoff schedule. They have a decent change of making the playoffs even without him. But you really want to have him back for the post season.

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

Admittedly, I haven't followed this very closely, but if no charges were filed and the witness had her credibility destroyed, then why is he still being suspended? Is this a case of Goodell wanting to do something just for appearances sake regardless of whether or not it is warranted?

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Should not have been suspended from what I saw. But if somehow this is a done deal, wish he would have taken the first 6 games when there were only 2 division games.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Yes. No one is above the ruler. That is all. Of course they are gun shy (bad term I know) and don't want something a la ray rice to come after the league went soft. That something being video of altercation shown onTMZ.

 

[ShrubDog]

All of this will bite the Cowboys in the *** by the end.

Sucks for yall

 

[patdog]

Yeah. The Brady decision pretty much settled the fact that the collective bargaining agreement gives Goodell the power to suspend players with no recourse for the player. Should have just gone ahead and gotten it out of the way as soon as you could. I think the union's going to take a very strong stand against letting the commissioner have that much power over suspensions in the next agreement.

 

[Go Budaw]

The problem, at least for me as a Cowboys fan, is that now we're starting to affect the playoff schedule. They have a decent change of making the playoffs even without him. But you really want to have him back for the post season.

Its not affecting the playoff schedule yet. Dallas still has 8 games left in the regular season. Also, Cowboys are only 5-3 with Zeke playing every game, with games against Philly, KC, and Seattle in the back half (2 of those 3 are over the next 3 weeks). They are gonna have to score some points to win all of those games and definitely need Zeke if he’s available. Bottom line is that Dallas has to make the playoffs first before they can worry about who’s on the roster during the playoffs.

 

[Ishmael]

I haven’t read the opinion on this (if there even is one yet), but the synopsis I read leads me to believe it’s very likely he will have to serve the suspension this season. I believe the judge who is actually hearing the properly filed case denied a preliminary injunction after a hearing on it. The other rulings were not rulings on whether a preliminary injunction was appropriate under the standards for a PI, but who should hear it and what to do while the proper judge was unavailable.

 

[thf24]

Admittedly, I haven't followed this very closely, but if no charges were filed and the witness had her credibility destroyed, then why is he still being suspended? Is this a case of Goodell wanting to do something just for appearances sake regardless of whether or not it is warranted?

Great question. Only answer that makes sense to me is that Goodell is part of the growing numbers in today's society who believe their narrative is more important than the truth.

Goodell is doggedly pursuing punishment for a member of his organization who the justice system cleared of wrongdoing. Just let the arrogance and dishonesty of that sink in for a minute.

 

[Dogariffic]

As far as I know he never settled out of court with this gal and the police said she is not credible at best and a liar at worst.
I am a big believer that a person who hits or abuses a woman gets put away but either I don't know the whole story or this is very odd.