When attorneys for the NFL and Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott convene Monday in New Orleans, there will be no settlement.
USA Today reported NFL lawyers “have not been engaged” in settlement talks with Elliott’s representatives ahead of Monday’s court date.
The NFL is appealing a decision by a U.S. District Court judge to deny the emergency stay of an injunction barring the league from imposing a six-game suspension.
The initial six-game suspension stemmed from a domestic violence allegation by Elliott’s former girlfriend in July of 2016. Though Elliott was never charged by police and the NFL’s lead investigator Kia Roberts reportedly was silenced for recommending no suspension, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell still imposed the ban after he decided there was “persuasive evidence supporting” Tiffany Thompson’s allegations of domestic abuse.
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Arbitrator Harold Henderson upheld Goodell’s decision Sept. 5, but the NFLPA filed a request for a temporary restraining order and U.S. District Court Judge Amos Mazzant granted the injunction while calllng the league’s arbitration process “fundamentally unfair.”
The NFL then appealed Mazzant’s decision to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. While the legal process plays out, Elliott is allowed to play and will be on the field Sunday when the Cowboys play host to the Rams.