Interest in Playing Interscholastic Sports Is Unprotected by Due Process Clause

A district judge from the Northern District of Florida has accepted the recommendation of magistrate judge and dismissed the claim of a woman, who argued that the Florida High School Athletic Association violated her daughter’s right to due process when it effectively denied her application for a hardship exemption.   The court found specifically that “under the settled law of the circuit, a student's interest in playing interscholastic sports is not protected by the due process clause.