Don't you just hate these ''civil rights'' violati

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/story/2012-05-04/Mom-son-basketball-roster-lawsuit/54751654/1

 

"…the deprivation of the right to a full and complete education which includes competition in sports and consequently athletic scholarships impairs John Doe of a property right guaranteed under both the U.S. and State Constitutions."

[DC Tom]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/story/2012-05-04/Mom-son-basketball-roster-lawsuit/54751654/1

 

"…the deprivation of the right to a full and complete education which includes competition in sports and consequently athletic scholarships impairs John Doe of a property right guaranteed under both the U.S. and State Constitutions."

 

That's actually...not a bad legal argument.

 

I mean, it's still stupid, and a waste of time. But it's a pretty well-reasoned argument on its face.

[Beerball]

Second pic, surprise surprise, she's a lawyer

[ICanSleepWhenI'mDead]

The OP's USA Today article made reference to an earlier 8th Circuit Court of Appeals case involving student participation in athletics. If anybody's interested, here's the 1992 opinion - - it involves a female high school athlete "banned" from playing on a basketball team:

 

http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/tF2/980/1208/335788/

 

The 1992 appeal only decided the student's request for injunctive relief - - it was denied as moot because the student had already graduated from high school by the time the appeal was decided. The appeals court actually sent the case back to the Arkansas trial court to determine, among other things, if the student had an actionable claim for damages for a civil rights violation. Don't know the outcome upon return to the trial court, but it sure seems like the student should have lost.

 

Use of the terms "banned" and "removed from the team" as opposed to the term "cut" makes me wonder if the student made the team and then was disciplined for something, but the 8th Circuit opinion never says why the student was "banned."