Oklahoma’s Supreme Court Faults Judge, OSSAA in Forfeiture Case

In a majority decision, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma has ruled that the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) exceeded his power when he required a high school baseball team to forfeit a game after it exceeded the association’s 22-game limit for the regular season.   At the same time, the majority concluded that the school circumvented the requirement to appeal the executive director’s decision to the OSSAA’s Board of Directors before goin