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That could be the judges ruling and most likely will be, however, the judge can act as final arbitrator if he sees the need for the judgement if fairness is already jeopardized.
I'd be interested in where you saw that. I have never had a situation where the issue was modification v. vacation of an award but the text of the FAA would seem to prohibit modification.
In one of your quoted blocks, the standard lies within and that the arbitrator (Henderson) did not have info presented to him, which is what the argument is from the NFLPA, as the NFLPAs cross examination of TT is info Henderson needs to have. Also, that the person who suspended Zeke, Goodell, did not have the info from the lead investigator. Those would be the standards the judge could modify and or vacate with.
Yeah, that would be grounds to vacate or to not confirm that award. But it shouldn't permit modification. There might be a court somewhere that permitted modification in this situation but it would be counter to the text and spirit of the FAA.
This is correct from my understanding, we have been saying for pages, this is that one rare case where corruption from Goodell (NFL) infected this outcome so badly that he has to rule to modify the award and vacate it if he sees fit. That is what Wallach quotes the Judge as insinuating he would rule. I am only basing my comments of the brief and the legal experts who dissect them.
Will be interesting to see, I will never assume to know what Judges will do, but I will discuss the outcomes. One thing runs true, the guys in the black robes make the laws (per say) with their rulings and the precedent, he can make one here if its upheld by the 5CA.
I was just coming in here to post that. If you're not a Cowboy fan or a fantasy owner, I see no way anyone can root for this guy. Just seems to be a total low character person.
While he may/may not be a low character person, not chasing down an interception on the football field isn't any kind of proof he's low-character; in much the same way that someone hustling on the football field isn't any kind of proof that he's a high character person. I'm pretty sure there is probably video of Rae Carruth chasing a defensive player who intercepted a pass or recovered a fumble. There's probably also video of OJ chasing a defender down. Doesn't make either of them "high-character."
With his off field antics and his 'too good to chase an interceptor' attitude, I'm convinced that he's just a punk. OJ was a woman abuser. So is Elliott. He's still in his formative years. He's highly unlikable. I'll leave it at that.
That's fine; you're entitled to that belief. Him not chasing an interception hard enough still isn't any kind of evidence of character problems.
Hard enough? Lol. He walked toward the sideline.
Says an Eagles fan.
Don't let facts get in the way of a good Cowboy bashing Story. He never hit anyone in the bar, it was the guy beside him. But please continue jumping to conclusions
Why? We have the court of public opinion which is far more reasonable. Still amazed people try to bring morals of players into fantasy football.Says an Eagles fan.
link to where It's proven he's a woman abuser? Plenty of links where accuser made up the story for blackmail. Maybe so, maybe not, but it would be nice for the courts to decide.
Judge Amos, who issued the original hold on the suspension just confirmed his position and denied the request. The NFL still has an appeal to the 5th circuit that could over rule Amos where the NFL has asked them to rule by today or next Tuesday. If and when that court rules will determine whether Elliott will likely be able to play the entire 2017 or not. 
Do we still think it'll be denied and he plays all year?From Footballguys email update last night:
C'mon Footballguys, at least show a little effort here.
I agree on the character point, but not chasing the interception shows he not much of a team player.Bayhawks said:
Who knows. My guess is it will be denied and he plays all year. The only thing I know about Louisiana (where the 5th circuit is) is that people down there are lazy and they take their sweet ### time. I'm guessing they miss deadlines and then when they finally do rule it will be to uphold the previous ruling because that's the easiest thing for them to do.
Yeah but it shows he is a quitter. That is not lost on his teammates. Quitters don't last in the NFL.
Pretty sure there is not, but since you contend there is, do you mind showing us your work? How, exactly, did you calculate this "pretty strong correlation?"
Again, that's a different argument. I don't know if I agree with that one, either, but it is a different argument.
They are all in my free agent pool and I probably have space for one. I'll likely pick up McFadden, so Morris is probably the play.
Picked up McFadden, and dropped West, my backup for Hunt
It's McFadden. When Zeke is playing one of them has to be inactive. McFadden doesn't play special teamsSaintsInDome2006 said:
it would probably be better for it to just be over with.
I thought all the talking heads indicated that this is not likely at all. That last hearing was the big one and it went Zeke's way and thus, it's highly likely he plays this year and is suspended next year.
That's what I thought too... yet for some reason i've been hearing it on the radio along with the above link. DMC was dropped in my league and initially was planning to just leave him out there, but I'll probably end up dropping Foreman or Conner for him as a security blanket.
So we can put this to bed, the 5th Curcuit hardly ever overturns decisions and only did so for 7% of cases in 2016. The NFL dropped the ball on this and won't get their suspension until 2018.
