Team Speed Kills - Alex Collins' Commitment: Mother Steals Letter of Intent from Would-Be Arkansas RecruitSports are just better in the SEChttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52580/tsk_fav.png2013-02-07T13:22:04-05:00http://www.teamspeedkills.com/rss/stream/37283552013-02-07T13:22:04-05:002013-02-07T13:22:04-05:00Alex Collins Arkansas-Bound; Mother Hires Lawyer
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<p>Collins readies a new signing ceremony while his mother readies her legal options</p> <p>Well, this has escalated. Alex Collins' mother has now hired an attorney, <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/07/3221997/alex-collins-family-hires-lawyer.html">according to the Miami Herald</a>, to represent her in what one can only assume will be legal action to keep him from signing with Arkansas. Meanwhile, the running back is set to announce within moments that he will attempt to go to Arkansas anyway.</p>
<p>And he appears to have a back-up plan, since his mother is obviously not interested in helping this process move along.</p>
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<p>Confirmed that RB Alex Collins' father, Johnny Collins, is here at the signing ceremony</p>— Steve Gorten (@sgorten) <a href="https://twitter.com/sgorten/status/299580765824491520">February 7, 2013</a>
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<p>I am by no means a lawyer, though as a journalist I sometimes play one in the newspaper. But it would seem here that the law firm of the late Johnnie Cochran has a huge task in front of it if the plan is to bar Collins from going to Arkansas. The letter will almost certainly pass muster with the NCAA, meaning that the court will have to be persuaded that there is some other reason pressing enough for it to step in and stop this.</p>
<p>But this is Arkansas football, and this saga has already become weird beyond belief. So don't count anything out just yet.</p>
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<p>Quick Update: Collins <a href="https://twitter.com/NWARobbie/status/299585004231598080">has signed</a>. Arkansas' and the mother's moves are next.</p>
https://www.teamspeedkills.com/2013/2/7/3964344/alex-collins-commitment-mother-lawyerBrandon Larrabee2013-02-06T13:30:57-05:002013-02-06T13:30:57-05:00Alex Collins' LOI Stolen. By His Mother
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<p>Alex Collins is ready to sign with Arkansas. If only he could find the legal instrument allowing him to do so</p> <p>There is one thing Bret Bielema is so far not changing at Arkansas: The penchant for the weirdest stories to happen in relation to the Razorbacks. Exhibit A would be the ballad of Alex Collins, whose <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football-recruiting/2013/2/6/3959996/alex-collins-mom-recruit-letter-national-signing-day">mother has apparently run away with his national letter of intent</a>.</p>
<p>This would seem to be a hiccup in the Bielema plan, at least for the moment and at least as it applies to Alex Collins. The signing of the letter of intent is <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fgameon%2F2013%2F02%2F06%2Falex-collins-arkansas-mother-letter-of-intent-signing-day%2F1896357%2F%3Fsf9313238%3D1&referrer=sbnation.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teamspeedkills.com%2F2013%2F2%2F6%2F3960218%2Falex-collins-mother-absconds-with-letter-of-intent" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">not a formality</a>; Collins need the signature of a parent to play for Arkansas, and that does not appear to be immediately forthcoming with the mother and the letter currently missing.</p>
<p>The smart money says that this intrafamily tiff will be resolved, with Collins likely getting to call the Hogs in the end. But this is Arkansas, so anything is possible, up to and including the letter turning up on the back of Bobby Petrino's motorcycle.</p>
https://www.teamspeedkills.com/2013/2/6/3960218/alex-collins-mother-absconds-with-letter-of-intentBrandon Larrabee