A neutral arbitor, requested by the NFL Players Association, has reduced Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy's ten-game suspension to four, per an NFL announcement on Friday.
Per David Moore of the Dallas News, "Harold Henderson, the former NFL executive appointed by Roger Goodell to hear Hardy’s appeal, sliced six games off the commissioner’s original ruling. But Hardy and his representatives have indicated they will challenge any suspension beyond two games, the punishment outlined by the league at the time of the incident before it was amended."
Henderson was the same executive who upheld commissioner Roger Goodell's suspension of Adrian Peterson last season.
If Hardy does indeed return after four games, he will be eligible to play in the Cowboys' Week 5 game against the New England Patriots. However, the nature of the accusations against Hardy and the results of a two-month NFL investigation which concluded that Hardy's former girlfriend, Nicole Holder "was severely traumatized and sustained a range of injuries" at the hands of Hardy, "including bruises and scratches on her neck, shoulders, upper chest, back, arms and feet" will likely lead to an appeal by the league.
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