Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy will be returning to an NFL field sooner than anyone thought.
Arbitrator Harold Henderson ruled the NFL overstepped its bounds suspending Hardy and reduced the 10-game ban to four games, per Jonathan Jones of the Charlotte Observer. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell handed the former Pro Bowler a nearly unprecedented ban in April, citing the league's new policy on domestic violence.
Hardy's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, had this to say about the reduction of his client's punishment, per Ian Rapoport of NFL.com:
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