Judge denies the NFL's emergency motion for a stay of the Ezekiel Elliott preliminary injunction

[Sydla]

They will move at their own speed. Nobody can be sure.

Are you sure? I thought the 5th has to rule on the expedited request before them - either issue the stay or say this is going to full trial and Elliott remains eligible?

 

[Sydla]

Mazzant's a funny guy:

"Because the Court did not issue an order on the NFL’s Emergency Motion within the NFL’s requested period of time, the NFL did, in fact, file...with the Fifth Circuit on September 15, 2017. In its Emergency Motion in front of the Court, the NFL is complaining that the Court essentially issued a premature order by failing to wait for the arbitrator to issue his ruling and therefore, lacked subject matter jurisdiction. Oddly, the NFL is now seeking expedited relief from the Fifth Circuit without first waiting for the Court to rule on the identical issue. The irony is not lost on the Court."

The NFL attorneys had to know this would get thrown back in their face, right? LOL.

 

[Kaiser]

Judges never overturn themselves and need a good reason to drastically overturn a fellow judge

I see no reason that the CS5 can use to force EE to sit for 6 games before his case is even heard

Zeke has a good chance to win outright so vacating the injunction would be a huge surprise

Especially when the NFL filing was essentially 20 pages of "We really don't like this. Seriously, we don't like it at all".

 

[Longboysfan]

The NFL attorneys had to know this would get thrown back in their face, right? LOL.

No. Not Really.....

They work under the Roger rule of law.

 

[Idgit]

Wish he would have done this before Zeke went ahead and served his first game. We could have really used him yesterday.

 

[NeonNinja]

The CA5 will not side with NFL unless a corrupt panel/judge. It's extremely unlikely and Zeke has a better shot to win in the end than previous cases.

 

[reddyuta]

Maybe this motivates him now more so than yesterday. But I do not blame it all on himself.

Well he is partly to blame, nothing good comes out of hanging with crazy.

 

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The NFL filed a motion to stay the preliminary injunction of Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott‘s six-game suspension with United States District Court Judge Amos L. Mazzant last week and Mazzant issued his ruling on Monday. Mazzant denied the NFL’s motion, which means that the injunction remains in place and that Elliott is free to [more]http://youwillnotrackme2.net/b.gif?host=profootballtalk.nbcsports.com&blog=&post=2478128&subd=nbcprofootballtalk&ref=&feed=1

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[EGTuna]

Good news, but I think the situation is taking a toll on Zeke emotionally. How could it not?

 

[Nightman]

Especially when the NFL filing was essentially 20 pages of "We really don't like this. Seriously, we don't like it at all".

How do you argue for an emergency stay the day you suspend Josh Brown a year later and after you took a year to investigate Zeke like you were the FBI

"But now we need him suspended before his trial or it will ruin the league".....huh???

What they are praying for is a judge will buy their bs and discourage the next 10 guys from filing in Federal Court

 

[Nightman]

Good news, but I think the situation is taking a toll on Zeke emotionally. How could it not?

It didn't hurt Brady and the Pats

 

[pugilist]

Are you sure? I thought the 5th has to rule on the expedited request before them - either issue the stay or say this is going to full trial and Elliott remains eligible?

they are going to hear the motion on 9/25

 

[Sydla]

It didn't hurt Brady and the Pats

Those are really two entirely different situations. For one, the Brady incident really was a direct shot at the entire Pats team, essentially with the claim being that Brady had to cheat to win and the Pats weren't good enough to win without the cheating. That's certainly going to rally any team if their own accomplishments are under fire.

Elliott's issue only affects him. No one is calling out the Cowboys as a bunch of woman beaters. The only person really affected by this long term is Elliott not the Cowboys.

 

[Sydla]

they are going to hear the motion on 9/25

Thanks.

 

[jazzcat22]

Good news, but I think the situation is taking a toll on Zeke emotionally. How could it not?

I am sure his attorneys keep him pretty well informed and as wheel, he knows pretty much how it may go. Garrett and his team mates said how focused ne is on football and this has not distracted him.

So one bad game, he took a play off, or what is perceived as taking it off. And now he is distracted? I don't buy it.
Really need to see a birds eye view of that. When was that shot taken of Zeke and where was the play at. Talib could have already ran buy him and Zeke was on the opposite side of the field when he could have reacted. Therefore run 40 yards to catch up when Talib only had 40 to go to score. Even Deion could not have done that.

 

[Nightman]

Those are really two entirely different situations. For one, the Brady incident really was a direct shot at the entire Pats team, essentially with the claim being that Brady had to cheat to win and the Pats weren't good enough to win without the cheating. That's certainly going to rally any team if their own accomplishments are under fire.

Elliott's issue only affects him. No one is calling out the Cowboys as a bunch of woman beaters. The only person really affected by this long term is Elliott not the Cowboys.

Excuses...... it is all about how the team responds...... Week One looked like a unit ..........Week Two looked like individuals

I will chalk it up to bravado and a hostile environment but they need to come together right now and fight as a team

 

[Silver N Blue]

Apparently our offensive coaches forgot he was available yesterday.

Hey they tried to "shock" the donkeys with a spread offense vs ground and pound

 

[aria]

I hope Zeke is as good at quitting twinkies as he is at playing football.

 

[NorthwestDallas40]

Judges never overturn themselves and need a good reason to drastically overturn a fellow judge

I see no reason that the CS5 can use to force EE to sit for 6 games before his case is even heard

Zeke has a good chance to win outright so vacating the injunction would be a huge surprise

I agree. It all comes down to the CA5's view of "irreparable harm" to NFL and NFL's case on the merits. I think the NFL has a very weak position on irreparable harm. So I think the CA5 returns the case to Mazzant to litigate the appeal of the arbitrator's decision on the merits.

 

[Nightman]

I agree. It all comes down to the CA5's view of "irreparable harm" to NFL and NFL's case on the merits. I think the NFL has a very weak position on irreparable harm. So I think the CA5 returns the case to Mazzant to litigate the appeal of the arbitrator's decision on the merits.

Right..........and similar to something you said before ...............Mazzant might initially send it back to both parties to negotiate a settlement before the trial..... they want to stay out of CBA cases as much as possible

Ultimately winning and having Mazzant vacate the award seems like a long-shot and I imagine he can't change the award to 2 games on his own...... it is all or nothing?