Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has scored another win against the NFL in court.
Judge Amos L. Mazzant III, the judge for the Eastern District of Texas, denied the NFL’s emergency appeal to try and stay the preliminary injunction won by Elliott that allows him to keep playing for the foreseeable future.
BREAKING: Judge Mazzant denies the NFL's emergency motion for a stay of the Ezekiel Elliott preliminary injunction.
Next up: 5th Circuit
— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) September 18, 2017
In other words, the NFL’s hail Mary attempt to get Elliott’s suspension reinstated has failed in court, at least for now, with more appeals coming. The long and short of it is that another court has determined that Elliott will be allowed to play for the foreseeable future.
This ruling can’t come as a huge surprise to the league, who have already publicly conceded the likely truth — legal proceedings involving Elliott won’t wrap up quickly enough for him to have to serve any suspension in 2017.
