# Maurice Clarett, NFL, age discrimination

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**Created:** [September 11, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maurice-clarett-nfl-age-discrimination/200971 "2003-09-11T13:45:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maurice-clarett-nfl-age-discrimination/200971/21 "2003-09-13T00:28:10Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \*  
> \*\*The Alouettes’ coach’s statement seems insincere, somehow - he knows he’s probably getting the guy next summer and maybe right now, and with that statement he can avoid looking like he’s tampering. I suspect he’s privately so excited he can’t stand it. \*\*

I’ve heard that Clarett doesn’t want to play in the CFL becuase the vast majority of teams in the league have astroturf. Not the new kind, which is laid on a bed of sand and rubber, but the old stuff that is laid over concrete.

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