Appeals Court Sides with OHSAA in Eligibility Dispute

An Ohio state appeals court has overturned a trial court’s decision to issue a preliminary injunction, which prevented the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) from forcing a student athlete to sit out a year, pursuant to its transfer rule.   In so ruling, the appeals court found that the trial court “interpretation was unreasonable, because it was not supported by the language in the OHSAA bylaws, or by the evidence presented. (The plaintiff) also failed to establish that OHSA