Durango53
04-22-2004, 05:34 PM
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court refused on Thursday to let Maurice Clarett into the National Football League draft this weekend, delaying for now his attempt to bypass a 50-year-old rule that players wait three years after high school before turning pro.
Clarett immediately filed a new emergency appeal with another justice.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's one-paragraph decision said she saw no reason to overturn a lower court's stay preventing the 20-year-old former Ohio State tailback from being chosen by a professional team.
The decision also keeps wide receiver Mike Williams of Southern California out of the draft.
Clarett immediately filed a new emergency appeal with another justice.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's one-paragraph decision said she saw no reason to overturn a lower court's stay preventing the 20-year-old former Ohio State tailback from being chosen by a professional team.
The decision also keeps wide receiver Mike Williams of Southern California out of the draft.