If Ohio St or NCAA lets Clarett play - they are idiots

[hellah10]

Clarett benefactor a gambler: ESPN
Jason Lake


Maurice Clarett's road back to football has taken another curve.

According to a report by Tom Farrey at ESPN.com, the man who provided the Ohio State Buckeyes tailback with almost $4,000 worth of benefits is also an admitted gambler.

Robert Dellimuti, the benefactor at the center of the NCAA's investigation into Clarett's actions at Ohio State during the 2002 national championship season, has been linked by cell phone records obtained by ESPN.com to Costa Rica-based offshore sportsbook SBG Global.

The report indicates Dellimuti made 27 phone calls to SBG Global during the 2002 season, 10 of which came in the three weeks leading up to the Fiesta Bowl. Dellimuti admitted to ESPN.com that he bet on football through SBG Global, but denies betting on games involving Ohio State.

"Everyone gambles," Dellimuti told ESPN.com. "Everyone plays football."


SBG Global is the same book that ex-Florida State quarterback Adrian McPherson allegedly used to gamble on pro sports. The book cited confidentiality rules in refusing to discuss Dellimuti's activities.

Clarett was suspended indefinitely after it was found that Dellimuti supplied him with a cell phone, which the two used on almost a daily basis during the championship season. Dellimuti paid the phone bill, and also supplied Clarett with $500.

Clarett will face further sanctions if it is found that Dellimuti profited from the phone calls. NCAA rules prohibit players from supplying gamblers with team information.

Alan C. Milstein, Clarett's lawyer, supplied a written statement that reads: "Maurice certainly did not know of any gambling activity by anyone, including Mr. Dellimuti, that he was in contact with. In addition, Maurice had no reason to believe that any statements that he was giving to anyone were used one way or another for gambling purposes. And he considers any inference to the contrary to be an attack on his integrity and reputation."

Neither the NCAA nor officials at Ohio State would discuss Clarett's situation, saying it's an on-going case. If Clarett wishes to play for Ohio State in 2004, he must apply for reinstatement.

 

[The Big Tease]

I hate what this kid stands for......but damn if I have to choose between him or Lydell Ross, I will take him.......

I am in no position to assume, and I dont think any of us are, about Clarett. I dont think it is a secret that his character has much to be desired.....but how much wrongdoing he has done is pretty much undetermined. I think that the investigations may be a little out of hand.....If the NCAA investigated everyone the way they investigated Clarett, teams might struggle to field a team.....Just my opinion

 

[maverick2112]

I will tell you what..............I read some where that Clarett was being suspected of shaving points in a game against Northwestern last year...............so I went back and looked at the game and remember watching it on Espn.............I remember Clarett had like 3 fumbles in the 1st half or the game...........it looks pretty fishy to me. If someone knows how to post the link of the game just check it out.................

 

[Scott4USC]

VERY VERY interesting maverick2112. I do remember him having fumbling problem in a game that year and that must have been it against Northwestern.

I hate Ohio State as much as anyone but I would hate to see them go down on some gambling scandal. I have not paid too much attention to this ESPN/Outside The Lines story about MO Clarett and his gambling acquaintance. I don't know the story, but ESPN is building it up like there might be some violations to be uncovered.

I hope not. I hate OSU (mostly their fans) but I would much rather kick their ass in a Rose Bowl than see them hit with probation.

It is also interesting that ESPN is the one conducting the investigation when they (ABC/ESPN) are the ones that own the rights to BIG TEN football games.

 

[Pujo21]

Maybe his advisor Jimbo Brown can get him into Syracuse

Maybe his advisor Jimbo Brown can get him into Syracuse

Ohio State - Northwestern 10/05/2002

3 fumbles

Point Spread Ohio State - 25

Final Ohio State 27 NW 16

 

[maverick2112]

I dont remember the pointspread being that high. I thought it was like 18.5 or close to that. The game was at Evanston.

 

[The Big Tease]

It actually closed at 26.5, and yea that was a wierd game........as a fan I dont even want to talk about it, but ya never know with a guy of his suspect character. I have always said that it doesnt take much money to pay a player off in college, and it is true. I think we would be disgusted to see how many times that has actually happened. I guarantee that at one time or another most schools have had some sort of shaving incident. With the number of people in the country that gamble over the internet now.....it is too easy. If you think that some of these kids are not gambling on games, or at least giving advise to others.....you are naive.

 

[Pujo21]

Go to the goldsheet web and click on past scores and ratings.

The spread could very well have been different in openings and closings. Or The Goldsheet could be flat out wrong.


But it also has past scores by all teams alphabetically which folks may be able to use or just for curiosities.

as far as the fumbles go..the box score I was looking at didn't depict who did it. I was looking on another site at the box score that has archives too.

For those of yas that want that go to GOOGLE and put in Box Score Central. It has all the sports too.

 

[loudog]

forget ncaa he can play in the nfl....


Judge: Clarett can enter NFL draft
2/5/04
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press
NEW YORK ? Suspended Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett was ruled eligible for the NFL draft Thursday by a federal judge who concluded that the league's rule violates antitrust laws.
U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin ordered the NFL to let Clarett enter April's draft.

Clarett, 20, played just one season at Ohio State, leading the Buckeyes to the 2002 national championship. He was barred from playing in the 2003 season for accepting improper benefits from a family friend and then lying about it to investigators.

Clarett sued the NFL last summer to challenge the league rule that a player must be out of high school three years for draft eligibility. Thursday's ruling, if not successfully appealed, could allow teenage football stars to take advantage of the marketing and business opportunities available to young athletes in other sports.

Alan C. Milstein, a lawyer for Clarett, called the decision "a total victory" and said Clarett "was thrilled." Clarett was traveling to New York for a news conference later Thursday, Milstein said.

The NFL and its lawyers did not immediately respond to telephone messages, though an aide in the league office indicated a statement would be released later Thursday.

The league had argued that Clarett should not be eligible because its rule resulted from a collective bargaining agreement with the players and is immune from antitrust scrutiny. The NFL also argued that its rule is reasonable and that Clarett cannot bring such a lawsuit.

"While, ordinarily, the best offense is a good defense, none of these defenses hold the line," the judge wrote in a 70-page ruling.

She said Clarett could bring the lawsuit because he was fighting a policy that excludes all players in his position from selling their services to the only viable buyer ? the NFL.

"The NFL has not justified Clarett's exclusion by demonstrating that the rule enhances competition. Indeed, Clarett has alleged the very type of injury ? a complete bar to entry into the market for this services ? that the antitrust laws are designed to prevent," she said.

Clarett's lawyers had called the NFL's rule arbitrary and anticompetitive, arguing it robbed players like Clarett of an opportunity to enter the multimillion dollar marketplace.

The lawyers cited a court ruling letting baseball players move among teams, and other court decisions opening up the NBA, NHL and now-defunct USFL to younger players.

Clarett rushed for 1,237 yards as a freshman. Current NFL rules would prevent him from entering the draft until 2005.

On Thursday, Scheindlin said the league's justifications for its rule "boil down to the same basic concern: younger players are not physically or mentally ready to play in the NFL."

Yet, the judge said, less restrictive alternatives are available, such as testing each player's physical and psychological maturity.

"Age is obviously a poor proxy for NFL-readiness, as is restriction based solely on height or weight," she said.

Scheindlin suggested NFL maturity tests could provide valuable information to teams deciding on draft selections.

"In such a scenario, no player would be automatically excluded from the market and each team could decide what level of risk it is willing to tolerate," she wrote.
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This guy should be banned from football all together...

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