The N.F.L. has suspended Greg Hardy of the Dallas Cowboys for 10 games for his role in a domestic violence case in North Carolina, the stiffest penalty handed out under the league’s new and stronger personal conduct policy.
Hardy, a defensive end who previously played for the Carolina Panthers, was convicted of domestic abuse last year. The decision was overturned on appeal, but N.F.L. found in an extensive two-month investigation that Hardy had used physical force against his former girlfriend, Nicole Holder, in at least four instances.
“The net effect of these acts was that Ms.