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Associated PressSupreme Court upholds limits on high school sports recruitingBy Mark Sherman
7:31 a.m. June 21, 2007
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Thursday that athletic
associations can enforce limits on recruiting high school athletes
without violating coaches' free speech rights.
The high court ruled in a longstanding dispute between a
Tennessee athletic association and a football powerhouse, the
private Brentwood Academy near Nashville.
The school challenged a rule of the Tennessee Secondary School
Athletic Association, which governs high school sports in the
state. The association bars schools from contacting prospective
students about their sports programs.
In a unanimous ruling, the court said that “hard-sell tactics
directed at middle school students could lead to exploitation,
distort competition between high school teams and foster an
environment in which athletics are prized more highly than
academics.”
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