League petitions court to let it enforce suspension of Elliott
>> LOS ANGELES: The NFL filed an emergency motion with a US appeals court on Friday seeking a stay that would let it enforce its six-game suspension of running back Ezekiel Elliott of the Dallas Cowboys.
The league is appealing a temporary injunction issued by a federal judge in Texas which allowed Elliott to take the field for the Cowboys’ season-opening game even though he’d been suspended for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.
Under that ruling by Judge Amos Mazzant, Elliott is also set to play on Monday morning (Thai time) at Denver.
Elliott took his case to court when an appeal through league arbitration channels failed.
In his ruling last week, Mazzant said Elliott was “denied a fundamentally fair hearing” in the arbitration process.
On Monday, the league lodged an appeal of the injunction issued by Mazzant with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and on Friday they asked the same court for a swift decision on the “misguided order” allowing Elliott to play.
Eliott, 22, was suspended by the league over accusations he assaulted his ex-girlfriend.
The punishment was handed down by commissioner Roger Goodell on Aug 11 after a 13-month league investigation.
But the running back was never arrested or charged for the incident.