A federal judge was expected to rule Tuesday on an emergency request from attorneys for the Cowboys’ Ezekiel Elliott to stop the running back’s six-game suspension over domestic-violence allegations.
U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty heard arguments from lawyers on both sides as the NFL Players Association scrambled to keep Elliott on the field after a federal appeals court last week overturned an injunction that had stopped the league’s suspension.
Elliott, last year’s NFL rushing leader as a rookie, is on the suspended list. The Cowboys play the 49ers at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday.
Attorney Daniel Nash, arguing for the NFL, accused Elliott’s legal team of seeking relief from courts in Texas to evade courts in New York and the effect of the April 2016 ruling that reinstated a four-game suspension of New England quarterback Tom Brady in the “Deflategate” scandal.