{"id":29314,"date":"2017-09-05T20:28:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T00:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=29314"},"modified":"2017-09-05T20:28:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T00:28:21","slug":"nfl-upholds-ezekiel-elliott-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/09\/05\/nfl-upholds-ezekiel-elliott-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Upholds Ezekiel Elliott Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A ruling on <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> running back <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/E\/ElliEz00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ezekiel Elliott<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s appeal of his six-game suspension for alleged domestic violence is now official. Arbitrator Harold Henderson informed both parties Tuesday that Elliott\u2019s suspension will stand. This comes after a three-day appeal hearing that was held from August 29th to the 31st.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ezekiel Elliott 6 game suspension has been upheld by Harold Henderson, per source<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mortreport\/status\/905224425779363840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>NFL Upholds Ezekiel Elliott Suspension<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The allegations of domestic violence stem from when Elliott\u2019s alleged victim told police that he had abused her multiple times starting on July 17th. The incidents were investigated by Columbus police, but eventually no arrests were made and no charges were filed. However, on July 22nd, the NFL launched its own investigation under the personal conduct policy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An incident on March 11th was also detailed in Elliott\u2019s eventual letter from the league explaining the initial six-game suspension. This incident occurred at a St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade in Dallas where video of Elliot was released of him pulling down a woman\u2019s shirt. The league said that this incident did not factor into the suspension, however they mentioned in the letter that his \u201cbehavior during this event was inappropriate and disturbing, and reflected a lack of respect for women.\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nbcprofootballtalk.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/ee-discipline-letter-final-8-11-17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Page 5)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After an investigation that took over a year, the league informed Elliott that he will be suspended for six games and warned him about any further violations. They stated that he \u201cshould understand that another violation of this nature may result in your suspension or potential banishment from the NFL.\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nbcprofootballtalk.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/ee-discipline-letter-final-8-11-17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Page 5)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Owner and general manager for the Cowboys Jerry Jones has consistently voiced his opinion on the case, and has said in more than one instance that there is \u201cno evidence\u201d for Elliott\u2019s suspension. In addition to Jones\u2019s statements, the NFLPA quickly came to Elliott\u2019s defense after an NFL statement said the NFLPA leaked information about the motivations of Elliott\u2019s accuser. The players&#8217; union expressed their opinion on the matter in rather stringent terms <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLPA\/status\/897884316784631808\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with a tweet sent on August 16th<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Aftermath<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the official ruling on Tuesday, the NFLPA filed a petition to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of Elliott stating \u201cfundamental unfairness\u201d against Elliott in the investigation. This petition is seeking a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to be decided before any suspension of Elliott can go into effect. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This proves that this ordeal is yet from finished and will play out well into the season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rg598MdlTNtfvVowX5td3w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/831469868\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'rg598MdlTNtfvVowX5td3w',sig:'MAtYNqz39inLaREPhxn7gTx9ZPkBIvw7aoepZccczfg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'831469868',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN&#8217;s Chris Mortensen is reporting that NFL appeals officer Harold Henderson has upheld Ezekiel Elliott&#8217;s six-game suspension. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2267,"featured_media":29331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,36],"tags":[49,258,61,47,40],"class_list":["post-29314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cowboys","category-nfl-news","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-ezekiel-elliott","tag-football","tag-nfc","tag-nfl"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}