Court Considers Arbitrary and Capricious Standard in High School Eligibility Case

By Allie Benson, 2L at UNC School of Law As the recent K.H. v. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) case demonstrates, transfer rules are a common form of rendering high school student-athletes ineligible.[1] Generally, student-athletes who transfer “from one high school to another without a corresponding change” in their parents’ residence are ineligible to participate in varsity sports for a year.[2] However, this rule comes with exceptions, like waivers of the