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RB Maurice Clarett (B1G Freshman of the Year, National Champion)

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My three year old will be holding a press conference this afternoon to also announce he will not sign with the Chargers if they draft him. My one year old will hold his PC tomorrow to announce the same for the LA Clippers.
 
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"I love football more than life inself." Er, ah, except big suvs, stereos, grub money, ahhh, publicity, uh, me.


I can just see the peter meter in every nfl front office go from "maybe" to "caution". Mo is gonna see a lot of travel'n when he finally hits the big leagues. To think he'll stay put, assuming his great talent will get him on a roster, is, in itself, marvelously laughable.
 
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I love the article, but could imagine the firestorm MoC would have endured if this were true? Eli heard some negativity for a few days, but he basicall got a free pass. Now if MoC would have done this.....
 
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honestly, that is one of the best websites i have ever been to:

--First, there was the 2004 draft, in which Archie Manning asked the San Diego Chargers not to select his son Eli with the first pick. The Chargers were insulted, but shipped young Manning to the Giants anyway. Now the senior Manning has issued a request to all NFL defensemen: Please don’t tackle my son.
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“First let me just say that I appreciate the opportunity for my son to play in the NFL,” Manning said during an appearance on Sportscenter. “I know it’s a huge privilege and an honor, and the last thing I would want to do is ruffle feathers or draw undue attention to him. But I would like to request that any and all NFL defensemen refrain from tackling my son. He’s young and fragile, and any kind of physical contact could really hurt his career. Again, I don’t want to disrespect the game, but we really can’t have Eli being tackled at this point. I’m sure you all can understand.”
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Young Cubs Fan Daydreams About Making Crucial Error In World Series OAK PARK, IL--Jeremy Lackey of Oak Park, Illinois, a die-hard Chicago Cubs fan, spends his days wistfully daydreaming about making a crucial error in Game 7 of the World Series. The 10-year-old Lackey has a vast knowledge of the Cubs history and would love nothing more than to become a part of it himself.

“Someday I’m gonna be in the World Series with the Cubs,” said Lackey. “We’ll be the first Cubs team in like, a million years, to be in the Series. I’m gonna play shortstop, just like Alex Gonzalez, and when it’s a tie score in extra innings I’m gonna make a big error that’ll lose the game for us. Everyone’s gonna hate me and wanna kill me.”

Lackey may be only 10, but he is well aware of the Cubs long tradition of losing. He enjoys reading about the curse of the billy goat and Leon Durham’s error in the 1984 playoffs. Durham and Gonzalez are Lackey’s two biggest heroes.

“Leon Durham is so cool. I got his autograph at the mall one time,” said Lackey. “He was really nice. I wish I could make a really cool error like he did so I’d be famous and everyone would remember me forever. Someday I will. Someday people will talk about me and Leon Durham in the same breath.”

Lackey says that he and his friends often play baseball in the backyard and pretend to be Cubs players. The games are predictably sloppy, with players on both teams purposely booting ground balls and dropping pop-ups. But each child gets the chance to live out his fantasy of choking in the playoffs.

“When I’m playing on the Cubs, I always pretend it’s the bottom of the ninth in the World Series,” said Danny Kitchens, Lackey’s longtime best friend. “Then when someone hits the ball, I run over to it with my glove, bobble it, and throw it over the first baseman’s head. Then I close my eyes and pretend I’m at Wrigley Field and the fans are booing me and throwing stuff at me. Someday it’ll happen for real. I just know it.”

While most youngsters dream of hitting the game-winning home run or making a dramatic game-saving catch in the playoffs, Jeremy and his friends know that being a perennial failure is the quickest way to infamy. Like the Red Sox of the American League, the Cubbies are known as lovable losers, cursed to spend eternity celebrating near-misses and honoring flawed players that failed in their ultimate quest to win a championship.

“Cubs fans have a unique relationship with their team,” said Dr. Neal Lawrence of the Center for Sports in Society in Bethesda, MD. “The more they lose, the more rabid the fan base becomes, until losing is actually more desirable than winning. Also, losing is all they’ve ever known, so it’s natural for a youngster to strive to mimic the accomplishments of those who came before him. While Yankee fans wish to hit that dramatic walk-off home run in the World Series, Cubs fans want to fail and become a part of that cherished folklore that is passed down from generation to generation. These people are professional losers.”

After decades of watching bad teams, most Cubs fans have grown so accustomed to failure that it has become a way of life.

“Winning is fun, but I’d rather be a loser,” said Lackey. “I mean, it’s a lot easier to lose than win, and you get remembered for a real long time, too. Ernie Banks, Ryne Sandberg, Hack Wilson, Lou Boudreau—those guys were all awesome and not one of them won a World Series. Not one! So why should I be any different? I’m gonna get right to the brink of a championship and then blow it. Wouldn’t that be awesome?”

Lackey says if he doesn’t make the game-losing error, he would be happy just making the last out at the plate.

“A walk-off pop fly would be real cool, wouldn’t it? You know, the whole season is on the line and I’m up at the plate, and everyone is standing up trying to encourage me. Then I hit a popup, and it totally takes the wind out of everyone’s sails,” said Lackey. “Maybe somebody will call me a cunt.”

Lackey has no fear of being another so-called “goat” for the Cubs. On the contrary, the idea of being hated and vilified is rather appealing to the youngster.

“When I make my big error to lose the World Series, I’m gonna be totally hated by everyone in Chicago,” said Lackey. “I’ll go down as one of the biggest losers in Chicago history. Maybe they’ll do a documentary about the curse of the Lackey or something, and fans will carry signs with my face on them to games.”

However, some Cubs players who have already experienced the agony of failure in Chicago said they would not wish that experience on anyone.

“It was tough losing that game last year when we were just about to win the pennant,” said Kerry Wood, who was roughed up for seven runs in Game 7 of last years ALCS. “It really hurt, and the fans were all over us, man. It would be a lot better to be on the one team that won the World Series. Now that would be a great feeling. On the other hand, if I don't get to accomplish that, at least I’ll be able to say I was part of history. I was there when we blew that 3-1 series lead to the Marlins back in ’03. I was actually on the mound. I’m a living legend.”
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Emmitt Smith Mentors Young Players On How To Pointlessly Prolong Career PHOENIX, AZ--Emmitt Smith has had a long and storied career. Now that it is winding to a close, the future Hall of Famer spends his days mentoring younger players on how to pointlessly prolong their own long-dead careers.
“Someday, you will all be washed up like me,” Smith told a group of attentive rookies at the end of mini-camp. “Your longtime team will cut you loose, and you’ll have to save face by going to a more pathetic team desperate for some star power to generate fan interest. It’s important to go to that team immediately. Even if you know you’re not starting, pretend like you think you’re going to start. Then, when the coach tells you you’re a backup, tell him it’s no problem and you just want to do what’s best for the team. This will make you look like a great guy and further cement your reputation as a ‘class act.’”
Smith added that another way of displaying your unselfish, team-first attitude is to pretend to mentor the young player who is starting ahead of you. This works out well for both sides, as the young player will happily pretend to listen to you in order to display his own selfless attitude.
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Lance Armstrong Thinks He’s Such A Hot Shit For Overcoming CancerDENVER--According to several sources, Lance Armstrong, 5 time Tour de France winner, thinks he’s such a hot shit just because he overcame cancer. The 35-year old Armstrong constantly mentions his “battle” with cancer in conversations with friends, family members, and new girlfriend Sheryl Crow.
“I used to really admire Lance for the way he got through cancer to win the Tour de France,” said Crow. “But that was before I started dating him. Now every time we have a conversation it’s ‘Cancer this’ and ‘Cancer that.’ Big deal. I overcame bronchitis to sing at Woodstock, but you don’t hear me rubbing everyone’s nose in it.”
Armstrong was shocked to hear Crow accuse him of being arrogant. He insisted that he only mentions his cancer scare when he’s trying to inspire lesser people to overcome their own puny obstacles.
“I thought people appreciated my awesome story about triumph of the human spirit,” said Armstrong. “I’m not trying to be arrogant. I’m just trying to inspire people to be as excellent as I am. Like when Sheryl is whining about a goddamn hangnail or something, I’ll say ‘Hey, I overcame cancer. You can get through this. Just have faith and be strong.’ And this is the thanks I get? Well screw her. I always liked Alanis Morisette better anyway.”
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MoC Denied Again

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1808438


What's next for Mo? Williams could be back at USC very soon, but Mo may be in trouble.


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<!-- template inline --><!-- insertinlineAd -->NEW YORK -- A federal appeals court formally ruled Monday against Maurice Clarett's effort to enter the NFL draft early, saying federal labor policy permits NFL teams to act together to set rules for when players can enter the league.

The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan was consistent with the appeals court's refusal last month to permit the former Ohio State running back into the NFL draft.

A lower court judge had ruled him eligible for the draft, saying the NFL was violating federal antitrust laws by blocking Clarett's entry into his profession with a rule barring eligibility until a player was three years out of high school.

After the appeals court blocked Clarett's entry, saying it believed it would rule against him, the 20-year-old athlete sought help from the U.S. Supreme Court. Two justices turned him down.

The draft was held on April 24-25, and Clarett was ineligible for it. This ruling means he will not be eligible for a supplemental draft and will have to wait for the 2005 draft.

Clarett's attorney Alan C. Milstein told ESPN's Sal Paolontonio that on Tuesday Clarett will file a motion for the case to be heard before the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Manhattan.

A victory by Clarett would have helped another college player as well: wide receiver Mike Williams of Southern California, who also was seeking to get into the draft in violation of the three-year rule.

Williams' agent, Michael Azzarelli told ESPN on Monday he will file a separate lawsuit against NFL in Tampa alleging the NFL encouraged Williams to make himself eligible for the draft.

Azzarelli has said that Williams' NFL eligibility should be considered separately from Clarett's because he entered the draft only after the league set a new deadline for previously ineligible players in the aftermath of the ruling that made Clarett eligible.

NFL officials have said they will keep Williams out of the league along with Clarett if they're legally able to do so because they warned Williams before he entered the draft they would attempt to overturn the decision and would rule Williams ineligible if they were able to reverse the decision.

NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Pash said in a statement that the appeals court ruling Monday "leaves no doubt that legal challenges to the NFL's long-standing eligibility rules have no basis whatsoever."

"We are grateful for the Court's prompt attention to our appeal, but not at all surprised by the result, which represents a complete victory for the National Football League," he said.

Clarett rushed for 1,237 yards and 16 touchdowns as a freshman in 2002, leading the Buckeyes to the national championship. He was suspended before the 2003 season for accepting money from a family friend and lying about it to NCAA and Ohio State investigators.

He also pleaded guilty in January to a misdemeanor after exaggerating the value of items stolen from a car he borrowed from a Columbus used-car dealer. He was fined $100.
 
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The kid had some real bad advice from his mother and so-called friends.
He should have listened to Tressel and he would be ready for the draft next year assuming he his suspension was lifted.
He'll probably try the Canadian League and hope to get in shape and avoid injuries.
 
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