they just wanted it more
Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled against the NFL and in favor of Maurice Clarett today, saying that the NFL's rule barring players from the draft until they are 3 years removed from high school is an anti-trust violation. and just when the NFL was riding high with its efforts to get Playmakers canceled by ESPN.
this could have a major impact on the sport, but the weird part was the language that Judge Scheindlin used in the ruling:
"While ordinarily, the best offense is a good defense, none of these defenses hold the line," Scheindlin said in the ruling filed in U.S. District Court. "Because the NFL cannot prevail on any of these defenses, the rule must be sacked."
t.s.o.a. counts at least 3 bad sports metaphors in that statement. we can only imagine that the rest of the text is littered with phrases like "Clarett's legal team put a full court press on this case," "the NFL just didn't make plays when it needed to," and "i just try to stay within msyelf, not do too much, and take it one case at a time."