Appeals Court Weighs Whether High School Athletic Association Can Sanction Members Retroactively

A state appellate court in Ohio has dismissed the appeal of the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA), which sought to overturn a preliminary injunction issued by a lower court.   In so finding, the court deemed that the OHSAA’s appeal of the preliminary injunction, which allowed a student athlete to compete on a girls’ basketball team in her senior year even though the OHSAA deemed her ineligible for violating its transfer rules, was moot because she had graduated.   Howev