It is a real shame the way universities use these young men. For the most part they are not real students, just semi-pros puting in their time in what has become a minor league for the NFL.
A small percentage end up making some money in the big league for three or four years, the rest end up without a degree and nowhere to go.
Ever see the liberal MSM look into this? Not very often or with any depth.
Stow it. Ohio State was the best thing that ever happened to to this bum. All he had to do was play one more year of football, get his Heisman, be a first round draft choice for the NFL, sign for maybe twenty million dollars, and enjoy the next fifty years of luxury and fame.
Instead, he decided he was a bigger shot than the NFL was. Some suckahs just have to learn the hard way.
Don't waste your tears on this creep, he is doing what he chose and getting what he deserved.
These young men are given a free ride in school if they dont apply themselves it is nobodys fault but their own.
If they do not get a degree they have no one to blame but themselves.
I agree in principle, but Ohio State is not to blame in this case.
Clarett's troubles started when he accepted piles of bling from who-knows-where, and then reported it stolen. Whoops!
Now, it really WAS stolen (scores of CDs, video gear, all of it in his car) but, uh, possessing that stuff was a line of NCAA violations. So then as I recall he tried to change his story about the theft, but too late.
Ohio State was the best thing that ever happened to Maurice Clarett and apparently he has now pissed it all away.
For the record, I'm a fan of Notre Dame and Penn State. Though I respect Ohio State as a BigTen rival, I am not a fan of the school.
As long as they don't play for a team with an Indian name, the NCAA is just fine with that. Follow the money.