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2011 Legal Issues High Sch. Athletics [1] (2011)

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                                      January-February 2011

In This Issue

Case Summaries

    Federal Judjge Rules State Court Must Decide
      Ehgibility Question
   * Athlete's Section 1983 Claim Fall Short in Texas
      Case
    Trial Court Fails to Apply Correct Standard in
      Eliaibility Case
    Court Denies Athlete's Claim that Disability Made
      Him Academically Ineligible for Athletics
    Soccer Mom Fails to Show School Had Surrendered
      Immunity Doctrine
    Court Declines to Overturn Suspension from
      Athletics

Articles

   * Foundation Says Title IX Equality Only Applies To
      College Sports


   Cas Sie

Federal Judge Rules State Court Must Decide Eligibility
Question

A federal judge has granted the request of a football players parents to remand their
claim that the Kentucky High School Athletic Association acted arbitrarily and
capriciously by refusing to grant an eligibility waiver to their son to a Kentucky state
court.

In so ruling, the court found that the plaintiffs' claim centers primarily on questions
involving the Kentucky Constitution.

The student athlete, identified as W.L.D., played on the Danville High School football
squad in the fall of 2009. He transferred to Boyle County High School on January 5,
2010 and sought to become a member of the football team.

On February 17, 2010, the KHSAA made the initial decision to deny a waiver of
ineligibility under Bylaw 6, the Transfer Rule. The decision was appealed to a

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