We finally get an explanation on the La’el Collins suspension
When the NFL announced the five-game suspension for former LSU Tiger La’el Collins it raised some eyebrowns. Suspensions are usually four games for violation of the substance abuse policy. As time has gone on, more details have surfaced about the suspension. Collins didn’t test positive but he missed multiple tests leading to the suspension.
As our colleagues at the Cowboys Wire wrote, more details have surfaced including a bribery attempt for Collins.
On Saturday night, ESPN confirmed that Collins had attempted to bribe a drug test collector for the league and that’s why he got the weird length of banishment from his team. It appears that the NFLPA had successfully negotiated a shorter ban, but Collins insisted on an appeal and when the case was put in front of an arbitrator, he overruled the lightening of the sentence and re-established the five-game ban.
Collins already missed Week 2 and will be ineligible to return until after Dallas’ bye week, when they travel to Minnesota to take on the Vikings on October 31. – KD Drummond, Cowboys Wire
If the report is true of a bribery attempt for the former LSU offensive tackle, five games seem lenient for Collins. We will keep you updated on this story as it continues to unfold.