U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Association’s Anti-Recruiting Rule in Brentwood Case

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s enforcement of its anti-recruiting rule against the Brentwood Academy did not violate the private school’s free speech rights under the First Amendment of the Constitution.   The dispute surfaced a decade ago when Brentwood’s football coach wrote what he believed was an innocuous letter to 8th grade students inviting them to a spring football practice. The 8th graders had already signale