Without ‘Protectable Right to Participate,’ Due Process Claim Is Dismissed

A federal judge in the Middle District of Georgia has dismissed the claim of a former football coach and several of his former players, who claimed that their due process rights were violated when the school district failed to appeal an eligibility ruling.   In so ruling, the court found, among other things, that because the “plaintiffs had no constitutionally protected right to participate in interscholastic sports, they had no protectable property or liberty interest to establish a due