Back in Football, Maurice Clarett Showing Burst in Wrong Direction
Posted on | August 31, 2010 |
Filed under: NFL, NCAA Football
Like a lot of major universities, there is a program at Ohio State for its former athletes to finish their degree work after their playing days are over. Degree completion, it’s called. It’s as if the school renews the old athletic scholarship that pays the freight but it no longer demands the sweat equity from the recipient. The school just reimburses the tuition, if the former player qualifies, so that the ex-Buckeye can finish building the foundation for a fruitful life.
Maurice Clarett, who as a freshman running back sensation carried the Buckeyes to its last national title in the 2002 season, learned he didn’t qualify when he inquired earlier this year about returning to his old stomping grounds. But that was a stunning inquiry in itself.
After all, Clarett quickly became less known for his fabulous freshman campaign and more recognized for 1.) getting suspended by Ohio State after filing a false theft report, 2.) falling at least $1 million in debt from legal fees for fighting, unsuccessfully, the NFL’s draft eligibility rules and, finally, 3.) getting sentenced to 7 1/2 years in a Toledo prison on robbery and weapons convictions.
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