re: La'el Collins reportedly signing with Cowboys

I think he should be allowed to be in supplement draft. But won't. I believe he will end up making up most of the money by signing a new deal in a few years before the drafted guys. Obviously if he gets injured or flames out in the next few years he lost out on a good bit

This is for all the the rantards who wanted to believe Collins or his legal representation mishandled the situation & did nothing to try to clear his name in time.

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The situation involving once-presumed top-15 pick La’el Collins is truly unique in the business of football. First and foremost, there is the true tragedy of a woman, a one-time girlfriend of Collins, found dead, with her newly delivered baby dying a week later. Collins, who is not considered a suspect, tried to meet with law enforcement prior to the draft, but was told Monday was the earliest a meeting could be held. He and his attorney then met with police and investigators Monday; now they wait to hear back, hoping his name is fully cleared.

Collins originally traveled to the draft as an invited player. There, he met with his Chicago-based agents from Priority Sports in a meeting that, according to someone in the room, was as emotional as he had seen in 25 years in the business. The agents then put Collins on the phone with multiple teams to earnestly explain his lack of involvement in the woman’s death, although the impact of the pleas by phone paled in comparison to what the agents had seen in person. Collins then left the draft and returned to Louisiana.

Meanwhile, the agents petitioned the NFL for entry into July’s supplemental draft, arguing that the extra time would fully exonerate Collins and protect the teams. That petition was predictably denied, as (1) the CBA expressly does not allow it, and (2) the NFL would never set precedent of players switching drafts, even under these circumstances.

Next, Collins’ team implemented their strategy of getting Collins to undrafted free agency, telling teams on Friday that if Collins was not drafted that night—in the second or third round—that he would not be signing with any team that selected him in the fourth through seventh rounds. Teams that I spoke with were 99% sure that Collins had no involvement, but it is that 1% possibility of a player having even a tangential involvement in a murder that kept them from drafting him.

The undrafted free agent strategy (which was achieved) was all about the fourth year. While the CBA requires drafted players to sign four-year deals, undrafted players can sign three-year deals, giving them the advantage of (1) restricted free agency in their fourth year and (2) an ability to renegotiate after two years (drafted rookies must wait three years).

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I've yet to see one report stating this woman was a stripper? Why not. This woman was a stripper and was known to many on the football team. She was never a girlfriend. Adam Schefter from ESPN should be fired and sued for defamation!

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So she wasn't even his girlfriend? I thought it was weird with her being 29 with a 10 year old daughter and LC being able to get LSU coeds.

Can anyone confirm this because ESPN still keeps using ex-girlfriend in their stories.

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This woman was a stripper and was known to many on the football team. Is this a fact? This is my first hearing of this.

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Not sure, just what was posted earlier but wouldn't be shocked to find out is true.

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quote:So she wasn't even his girlfriend? Nope. La'el & his actual girlfriend have been together since high school.

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Well ESPN, SI and the other sites need to apologize to that young lady.

I am randomly friends with Michael Clayton on Facebook and he is friends with Brittney Mills on Facebook. He's more her age. Maybe it's a complete coincidence that she knows former football players who played 12 years apart. Also clayton may " know" her like he "knows" me (not at all). But when I searched her and saw our only mutual friend was another former player... it made me question whether she was some kind of groupie that was trying to snag a lottery ticket by hooking up with a football player.

So I'd say that her friendship with Michael Clayton adds some (if only a little) amount of credibility to the statement that she is known by the players.

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there's alot of people in this thread that made complete asses of themselves

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Complete asses, or showed their true colors? I posted several times about giving this guy the benefit of the doubt. He had done NOTHING up to this point whether in high school or college that would make me believe he would do this or was stupid enough to do it at this time. Yet you have people basically saying he's guilty, and he wasn't even a suspect yet

But it shows you just how terrible some people are and how they truly feel about you.

So now that Collins has been cleared this thread is going to turn into a smear campaign of a dead woman's name? Jesus Christ people...

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So she wasn't even his girlfriend?

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nope. he's had the same GF since HS apparently.

He didn't say she was a cleat chaser.