When Ezekiel Elliott steps in front of arbitrator Harold Henderson next week, the fate of the Dallas Cowboys season could be on the line.
Or it could simply be a formality that starts the process of pushing discipline back for a long time.
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk outlined how Elliott--even if he loses the appeal of a six-game suspension for domestic violence--could use past precedent to get the case the court and delay the inevitable.
In recent years, players facing suspensions have repeatedly used the court system to delay the punishment, even if each of them have ended up serving the suspensions after losing in court.