Cowboys’ Elliott lives to play another day

Running back Ezekiel Elliott remains eligible to play Sunday for the Dallas Cowboys under a ruling made Monday by a federal judge in New York.

U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla rejected a request by the National Football League for an expedited hearing on a request for a preliminary injunction for Elliott. That keeps Elliott eligible to play Sunday against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field under the temporary restraining order granted by another judge, Paul Crotty.

The hearing is to take place Oct. 30. The temporary restraining order granted by Crotty was to remain in effect until then or until Failla ruled on an injunction.

The NFL’s six-game suspension of Elliott under its personal conduct policy remains a matter of contention in court between the league and the NFL Players Association. The NFL has not been permitted to enforce the suspension all season.

The NFLPA was granted a preliminary injunction by a federal judge in Texas, only to have that injunction lifted by a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The legal venue has shifted to New York, where the NFL had filed a lawsuit seeing to have a decision by NFL-appointed arbitrator Harold Henderson affirmed. Henderson upheld the suspension imposed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.