Menke v. Ohio High School Athletic Assn.

The central focus in this appeal is the enforceability of Rule 9, Section 2(g) (hereinafter “Rule 9-2[g]”) of the Ohio High School Athletic Association (hereinafter “Association”), which reads in full as follows:

“A student whose parents live in another state will be ineligible for athletics in an Ohio member school.”

Contrary to plaintiffs’ claims that Rule 9-2(g) violates provisions of the United States Constitution, that it was adopted arbitrarily and through impermissible collusion, and that the court should therefore enjoin its enforcement, the trial court denied plaintiffs’ request for a…