Ex parte Alabama High School Athletic Ass'n

I agree that the decision of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (“the Association”) should stand, given the prevailing law and the facts presented here. I write specially to argue that this Court gives too much deference to the decisions of the Association.

In Scott v. Kilpatrick, 286 Ala. 129, 132-33, 237 So.2d 652, 655 (1970), this Court first articulated its general rule of judicial noninterference with the Association’s decisions:

“If officials of a school desire to associate with other schools and prescribe conditions of eligibility for students who are to become members of the…