Tennessee Appeals Court Finds Trial Court Overstepped Boundaries in Interfering with Athletic Association’s Ruling

A Tennessee state appeals court has reversed a trial court, finding that it overstepped its authority when it interfered with the eligibility decision of Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA). In so ruling, it found that the “association's eligibility decisions did not involve the students' individual property rights, did not infringe on public policy, and were not unlawful, and the students and the high schools were bound by the association's bylaws and its decisions regardi