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It's not age descrimination, it's establishing a minimum standard for players. All professional sports leagues have rules on minimum capabilities for their players, which often includes age. It's also not limiting his right to earn a living, he's free to go play for any of the semi-pro leagues or even the CFL.

They're protecting themselves from stupid young players that do stupid young things. Look at what's happened to the NBA since they started letting in teenagers, ratings down, scores down, attendance down, revenues down, quality of the game way down. Expect the same thing to happen if the courts don't allow the NFL to maintain their rules.

What's the minimum standard? They already have juniors coming out early and let's face it, requiring college degrees for football players is well...... impractical to say the least given the reason the universities recruited them there to begin with. A job that requires some level of education is fine but what does that have to do with football? The NFL loses on this basis.

I don't see the NFL winning on this long term. Clarett may wind up in court for two years or more (The NFL is a big time hitter when it comes to litigation) but eventually, they are going to have to accept underclassmen.