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The Mind of Maurice Clarett
March 3rd, 2009
This morning while making my usual rounds around the internet finding out the latest in sports, tech, and financial news I came across an interesting article on ESPN.com about Maurice Clarett. Apparently he is blogging from prison about his experience serving his minimum 3 1/2 years (7 years max) sentence in prison for a robbery in Columbus in 2006. The first thing I thought was “great this guy is going to make an even bigger fool of himself from behind bars.” I was wrong. He seems to have realized the mistakes he has made and is using the blog as a way to possibly help other men that are either in the same situation he is in or are about to go down the same path.
The part of the ESPN article that I really found interesting is that Clarett is taking online classes at Ohio University to finish his degree. Allowing prisoners to take online courses online and get degrees is a great thing and something that makes me happy to think that someday I will be part of the industry that is creating life changing things like helping give people a second chance in life. The fact that Maurice is seeking a degree is an example that he is maturing as a person. He very well could just be sitting in prison working out putting all his time into trying to return to football. No where on his blog or in the ESPN article does it say that he will try to pursue his football career, Maurice wants to try public speaking about his mistakes to help others not make the same mistake he has.
As an Ohio State fan that remembers all the promise Clarett had as a football player, I was angry and disappointed when he started heading down the wrong path. I am glad Clarett seems to have learned from his mistakes and wants to do something positive for society with his life. If he does end up trying to return to football, most likely in the Canadian Football League, all the power to him.
Read the ESPN article here:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3948006&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
Read Maurice Clarett’s Blog here:
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