Josh Brent Reportedly Reinstated with Cowboys, Eligible to Return Week 11

September 2, 2014   ·   Mike Chiari   ·   Jump to comments


Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent has been given a second chance to make his mark on the NFL, but he will have to wait.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, the league has reinstated the 26-year-old Illinois product, but he must sit out over half the season:
Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report added more details:
Brent plans to fight the ruling according to Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com:
Brent won’t be reinstated for 10 weeks. Brent’s agent, Peter Schaffer, tells PFT that Brent will appeal the decision.
“We are going to invoke our appeal right,” Schaffer said by phone. “We were truly hoping that the Commissioner’s response to Josh’s request for reinstatement would be one that we wouldn’t have to appeal, and that it would be fair and based on precedent. The last thing we thought we’d have to do today would be appeal the decision.”
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