Here’s the first thing you need to know: Nothing really changed on Tuesday night.
Yes, arbitrator Harold Henderson upheld the decision made by commissioner Roger Goodell to suspend Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott for six games. The truth is, Henderson could have knocked this down to three games, or conditionally to four, or whatever else short of vacating the penalty completely (which was never happening based on the league’s recent history), and we’d have reached the same conclusion.
And that conclusion is the NFL and NFLPA are about to duke out in court again.
On Wednesday, Elliott will report to the Cowboys training facility for the NFL’s first game week of 2017.