Player Assails ‘Arbitrary and Capricious’ Decision Keeping Him Off Team

A student-athlete, who was denied an opportunity to walk on to the University of Utah football team, allegedly because of his criminal past, has now sued Athletic Director Chris Hill and former university president Bernie Machen, claiming they violated his civil rights.   Sione Havili, who filed his lawsuit last month in Third District Court, alleged specifically that the defendants made an “arbitrary and capricious” decision to keep him off the team, even though he had “met all . . .