[xzins]

Games have rules, wrote Justice John Paul Stevens in the unanimous decision. "It is only fair that Brentwood follow them."

Pretty well sums it up for me. Private and parochial schools must follow recruiting rules of their sport. Change the rules if they don't like them.

[xzins]

I’m surprised this got to the Supreme Court. Are you?

[Gay State Conservative]

With all the important legal issues that need to be cleared up...once and for all....the SCOTUS is ruling on high school football?!?!

[Our man in washington]

I don’t care for Stevens’ moralizing, but good call. Even if the association is quasi-governmental, we have a long tradition that free speech has limits when dealing with children. We can restrict children from seeing certain kind of movies, restrict them from wearing t-shirts with nasty sayings while in school, and so forth.

[Kay Ludlow]

I strongly support the free speech rights of individuals in the public square, but I have to say that an organization that you voluntarily join should be able to have rules of behavior that define the organization. I see this in the same category as a group like the Boy Scouts being allowed to prohibit promotion of theft, as it violates the Scouts Oath, or a church being allowed to prohibit an earth-worshipper from using church materials to explain how there is no “god the father”, only Mother Earth. If the Brentwood group feels that recruiting of 8th graders is a good idea, they can find other like-minded people, start another athletic association that allows it, and see if enough people support and make it viable. That’s the power of the marketplace of ideas at work.

[Congressman Billybob]

Too bad that Justice Stevens is clueless that "nations have rules (constitutions), and it is only fair that Justices follow them." LOL.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article, "Duke is Not Off the Hook"

[miele man]

IF the association bans schools from recruiting “prospective” students, then fine; but why is it wrong for a school to send letters to already accepted students who are, by definition, no longer prospects? I’m not a lawyer, didn’t stay in a Holiday Inn last night, but this ruling makes no sense to me.

[balch3]

government schools couldn’t compete so they ran to the courts. Typical.

[herMANroberts]

I guess the supremes don’t enough to do.