Student’s Claim that ADD Gives Him ‘Right’ to Compete Falls Short

A federal judge from the Southern District of Mississippi has delivered a partial victory to the Mississippi High School Athletics Association (MHSAA) and one of the state’s school districts in an eligibility dispute, finding that a student athlete does not have a Constitutional right to participate in athletics even though he suffers from attention deficit disorder.   At the same, the court declined to dismiss the portion of the plaintiffs’ complaint that alleged he was discriminated a