The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which previously lifted the injunction ordering the NFL to permit Maurice Clarett to participate in the NFL Draft, has now rejected Clarett’s contention that the antitrust laws require the NFL to let him be eligible for the draft. The opinion is here, but it’s pretty dry reading unless you’re a labor antitrust lawyer (and believe me, that’s coming from someone who reads a lot of judicial opinions). Clarett has 90 days to file a petition with the United States Supreme Court, although unless he can convince the Court to issue an injunction providing for new emergency relief, the Court’s usual schedule won’t permit his appeal to be heard and decided until December at the earliest, and quite probably after the NFL season.