Court Denies Athlete’s Claim that Disability Made Him Academically Ineligible for Athletics

A federal judge from the Central District of Illinois has denied a plaintiff’s motion for a temporary restraining order, which would have allowed her son to remain eligible for athletics.   Anita Rademaker had claimed that her son had a disability, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which caused him to be academically ineligible.   The court ultimately held that maintaining an academics-first “mission requires consistent application of effort by the students, as well