Court Affirms that Participating in Athletics Is Not a Right

A Washington state appeals court has affirmed a trial court’s finding that a school district provided enough procedural safeguards to a high school student athlete, who had been suspended for his involvement with alcohol.   In so ruling, the appeals court affirmed the oft-held legal standard that “students do not have a property or liberty interest in participation in interscholastic sports.”   The student athlete in question, Zachary Taylor, was implicated in the fall of 2002 as