Suspension reduced from 10 games to 4 for Cowboys' Hardy

IRVING, Texas — Greg Hardy's suspension for his role in a domestic violence case was reduced from 10 games to four Friday and his agent said the Dallas defensive end might not be finished fighting the punishment.

Arbitrator Harold Henderson, who heard Hardy's appeal, upheld NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's decision to suspend Hardy. But he said the length was "simply too much" since the league had decided last year that suspensions in domestic cases would start at six games.

Hardy missed all but one game last season with Carolina, but was paid his $13 million salary while on the commissioner's exempt list. Goodell suspended Hardy in April after the league was allowed to view evidence from a domestic violence trial that led to a conviction by a judge in North Carolina last year. The conviction was thrown out when the accuser, Nicole Holder, couldn't be located to testify in Hardy's appeal.

Under the latest ruling, Hardy's debut for the Cowboys would be against Super Bowl champion New England on Oct. 11. He joined Dallas on a one-year, $13.1 million deal that's heavily based on incentives.

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