Judge Dismissed Disability Discrimination Claims of Student-Athlete Seeking Extra Year of Eligibility

A federal judge from the Middle District of Florida has granted the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA), Inc.’s motion to dismiss the claim of a high school student-athlete, who claimed he was discriminated against based on his disability, finding that what the plaintiff sought in order to obtain an extra year of eligibility “was not a reasonable accommodation.”   Plaintiff Thomas Pritchard, an 18-year-old high school senior at the Canterbury School in Fort Myers, did gai