Cowboys' Ezekiel Elliott suspended six games for conduct

[L.T. Fan]

Yep. per DC.com, he's dropping the appeal and will serve the entire suspension. I think it's BS and sets a bad precedent but you can't fight city hall or in this case the almighty NFL.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2017/11/15/ezekiel-elliott-reportedly-drops-appeal-will-serve-remaining-nfl-suspension

There isn’t anything he can fight that will solve his suspension for this season. He will serve his suspension and that will be the end of it. I always felt it would wind up this way.

 

[p1_]

It needs to end, we all need for this to be done and over with.

 

[Cotton]

Fuck you.

 

[DLK150]

Fuck you.

As soon as I read this I thought the exact same thing. Yeah, being railroaded by a football monopoly run by an anarchist is *really* an admission of guilt. GFY.

 

[Angrymesscan]

As soon as I read this I thought the exact same thing. Yeah, being railroaded by a football monopoly run by an anarchist is *really* an admission of guilt. GFY.

Anarchist???

 

[boozeman]

 

[Cotton]

We will, without a doubt, have a holdout with this next CBA negotiation.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Yet another reason I don't understand why the owners want Goodell back so badly. The NFLPA hates him and with good reason.

 

[DLK150]

Anarchist???

Sorry, wrong "ist" but I was posting on another page on a different topic at the same time I was posting here. Fascist is probably more appropriate and I'll bet that's what I posted at the other site. *shrug*

 

[DLK150]

We will, without a doubt, have a holdout with this next CBA negotiation.

I wouldn't be one bit surprised. There will possibly be another strike down the road unless there's language in the current CBA that prevents it. I don't remember whether there is or not.

Fuggit, I'm getting tired of NFL football anyway. I used to count the minutes until the draft, OTAs, the trading deadline, TC, preseason, everything but not the last few years.

 

[1bigfan13]

We will, without a doubt, have a holdout with this next CBA negotiation.

I don't know. I agree that it should be a hot button issue, but as someone else pointed out, I doubt the NFL players will take a hard stand on an issue that really only impacts a very small percentage of them.

But I will say that because a couple of superstar players got caught up in this BS penalty system in recent years, maybe it'll carry a little more weight among the players. Hopefully it's an eye opener for them that if they'll do that to Tom Brady they won't hesitate to screw anyone over.

 

[Cotton]

I don't know. I agree that it should be a hot button issue, but as someone else pointed out, I doubt the NFL players will take a hard stand on an issue that really only impacts a very small percentage of them.

But I will say that because a couple of superstar players got caught up in this BS penalty system in recent years, maybe it'll carry a little more weight among the players. Hopefully it's an eye opener for them that if they'll do that to Tom Brady they won't hesitate to screw anyone over.

I don't think they will view it as only affecting a small percentage of players. I mean, they just witnessed Elliott get railroaded on zero evidence against him. I think they realize that all it takes is an accusation now to get them suspended and they know that it could happen to any one of them.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I don't think they will view it as only affecting a small percentage of players. I mean, they just witnessed Elliott get railroaded on zero evidence against him. I think they realize that all it takes is an accusation now to get them suspended and they know that it could happen to any one of them.

Yep, I think for some players the ramifications are a sobering thought.

 

[BipolarFuk]

Hopefully, the players can hold tough next negotiation.

And have the support of the fans, which I don't think they had the last time.

 

[Cotton]

Uhhhhhh....