La’el Collins has missed three games due to a five-game suspension, but now he is fighting back in order to play in the next two.
The Dallas Cowboys tackle has filed suit in a Texas state court seeking a temporary restraining order, a temporary injunction, and a permanent injunction against ongoing enforcement of the suspension, according to Jori Epstein of USA Today.
According to Epstein, the request claims the NFL “clearly (misled) the arbitrator at the Hearing and the arbitrator relied on the NFL’s misrepresentations in reaching his Award decision.”
However, the NFL tells Epstein that the lawsuit is “meritless.”
It was reported last week that Collins tried to bribe the NFL’s drug test collector, which was one of the factors leading to his five-game suspension. Schefter says the NFL was prepared to suspend Collins five games for missing seven scheduled tests but the NFLPA negotiated a reduction down to two games.
The 27-year-old is in the second year of his five-year, $50 million deal.
In 2021, Collins has appeared in one game and made one start for the Cowboys.
