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First things first for Clarett
You may have heard that former star Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett was wanted by Ohio police earlier this week for his alleged participation in a robbery. Well, according to this NY Times article, Clarett had a particularly compelling...
Update on the Clarett case
On Monday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued this decision denying former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett's challenge to the National Football League's rules that prevented him from participating in this year's draft. Here are the prior posts...
SCOTUS turns down Clarett motion for stay
As expected, the U.S. Supreme Court turned down football player Maurice Clarett's motion to stay the Second Circuit's order of earlier this week that bars Clarett and similarly situated underclassmen from this weekend's NFL Draft pending the Second Circuit's final...
Clarett seeks stay from SCOTUS
The Maurice Clarett v. NFL case went to the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday as Clarett's attorneys filed a motion requesting that SCOTUS stay the Second Circuit's Monday ruling that barred Clarett from being eligible for this weekend's NFL Draft. Although...
Appeals court bars Clarett from NFL draft
In a surprising ruling reported here, a three judge panel of the the Second Circuit Court of Appeals barred former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett from participating in next week's National Football League annual draft of collegiate players. Here...
NCAA supports the NFL position in Clarett case
According to this Chronicle story, the NCAA filed a legal brief Monday in support of the NFL's appeal to keep former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett out of this year's NFL draft. Previous posts on this lawsuit can be...
NFL and Union in negotiations over Clarett situation
The National Football League and the NFL Players Association have recently been involved in negotiations to insert language into their current Collective Bargaining Agreement that would require all draft-eligible players to be three years removed from their high school graduation....
NFL Moves for a Stay in the Clarett Case
This previous post reported on the National Football League's recent loss in attempting to prevent former Ohio State underclassman running back Maurice Clarett from entering this year's NFL Draft. Yesterday, the NFL requested that the federal district judge stay the...
Clarett Beats NFL
Maurice Clarett, the talented running back who led Ohio State to a thrilling victory over Miami in the 2003 National Championship game, sued the National Football League several months ago in this complaint alleging that the NFL was violating anti-trust...
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