The Nfl and its players union became embroiled in an extraordinary public row on Wednesday regarding the suspension of Ezekiel Elliott

Della's cowboys running back Elliot was handed a six-game ban last Friday for violating the leagues player conduct policy. The ruling followed a year-long NFL investigation into domestic violence accusations made against Elliot by his ex girlfriend,Tiffany Thompson, Elliot denies the allegations and was never charged

On Wednesday,the NFL announced that commissioner Roger Goodall had appointed veteran appeals officer Harold Henderson to hear 22-years olds appeal.

In an unprecedented move,the NFL then released s second statement accusing the NFLPA(NFL players Association) of launching a victim-sharing campaign in the media to discredit Thompson Joe Lockhart,the NFL's executive vice President of communications, said in the statement. "Over the past few days we have received multiple reports of the NFLPA spreading derogatory information to the media about the victim in the Ezekiel Elliot discipline case", the statement read.

It's a common tactics to attempt to prove the innocence of the accused by discrediting the victim in this case Thompson's- when coming forward to report such abuse. Common or not, these tactics are shameful

"Efforts to shame and blame victims are often what prevent people from coming forward to report violence and seek help in the first place".