NFLPA investigating Dallas Cowboys over Sean Lee torn ACL incident

The NFL takes its news CBA policies very seriously and one of the major changes involved practices and how long and intense they should be at the start of offseason workouts. The whole point of the policies and rules are to make sure that injuries in the offseason are avoided and that players who begin to get their bodies used to football again don’t suffer injuries that cause them to miss time during the regular season.

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Unfortunately, this didn’t stop Dallas Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee from tearing his ACL and this has the NFLPA wondering if any rules were violated in the process.

According to Mike Garafolo from FOXSports.com, the Union is looking into the Sean Lee incident to see if there was any neglect or if any rules about practice length or intensity were violated that led to the linebacker tearing his ACL and ending his season before it could even begin.

"The video sparked instant analysis from some who believed there was far too much contact for a non-padded session in May. At first glance, it might seem that Martin plowed Lee and caused the injury. But subsequent viewings show Lee’s knee gave out before Martin contacted him. In other words, it appears to be another extremely unfortunate season-ending injury before summer even arrives."

Garafolo goes on to say that there’s some grey area in the whole situation that makes it hard to pin this on the Cowboys, but there are questions about the intensity of the practice and how long it ended up running. All of this will be investigated by the NFLPA but Garafolo implies that nothing much will come of it.

At the end of the day, freak injuries happen all the time in the NFL and it doesn’t appear that there was any wrong doing on the part of the Cowboys. While it was seemingly normal OTA contact, the NFLPA is still looking into the situation and this whole incident could go from bad to worse for Dallas should anything shady be turned up.