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This is a sad story, but was too true to pass up posting. Tom Friend of ESPN has written a story for ABC News about Maurice Clarett's last night of freedom and a phone call that Friend received from him shortly before being arrested (just click the link if you want the full story).

Clarett was a star running back for the Ohio State University, who basically learned he could take short-cuts in life and get payed for playing football. He was suspended from OSU before his sophomore season and dropped out, trying to enter the NFL Draft in 2004. He sued the NFL to allow him to be let in at such a young age, and lost.

He accused Ohio State of paying him, and said that they suspended him only when he threatened to blow the whistle. Apparently, he has since made amends with his former coaches who were trying to reach out to help him before his arrest.

While awaiting the 2005 draft, everyone expected Clarett to get a trainer and work hard. Instead, he moved to L.A., befriended rappers and gangsters who sponsored him with mansions, cars, and cash. They thought they'd be rewarded with millions once he became an NFL star.

He quit on his trainer because he was too insecure to be seen working out in public. He was overweight and out of shape. He wanted any gym he was working in cleared out so people couldn't see him. He didn't want to run on a track at a high school in front of a bunch of high school kids who might know who he was. So, he chose simply not to work out. He found another trainer who has been accused of supplying steroids to his clients.

Mike Shanahan of the Denver Broncos took a chance on him because he has made a career out of developing running backs. Clarett clearly had a substance abuse problem of some sort. He refused to show up for weight training, and asked that the weight trainer be fired. There were allegations of other inappropriate behavior. Clarett even demanded to be traded, even though he didn't have a contract.

The Broncos offered him a standard contract with a $400,000 signing bonus. Clarett ignored the advice of his agents and refused. He negotiated a contract that was filled with incentive-based clauses. He'd only get paid if he performed and went to the Pro-Bowl. He dictated the terms himself, as if he'd dominate the game that he was now too overweight and out of shape to play.

He then suffered a groin injury and sat out for 18 days, refusing to play. The Broncos cut him as a useless cancer on the team. He earned nothing.