ELIGIBILITY – EIGHTH-GRADE BASKETBALL PLAYER’S HAIR A FEDERAL COURT CASE

“…the case once again supports the general rule that participation in interscholastic sports falls outside the Due Process Clauses found in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. In particular, while students may have a constitutionally protected property right in their education, and the State may not withdraw that right absent fundamental due process, they are not entitled to the same property interest in participating in sports. While recognizing the importance of participation in interscholastic sports, the courts have ruled repeatedly that the right to participate in interscholastic athletics does not rise to the level of the kinds of fundamental rights and liberties protected by due process. (It should be noted, however, that some jurisdictions have found participation in high school athletics to be a constitutionally protected right and not a privilege.)”

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