Southern Methodist University v. Smith

BATEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order granting a temporary injunction prohibiting Southern Methodist University from declaring. Mike Smith ineligible to play intercollegiate foootball. We reverse the order of the trial court and dissolve the temporary injunction.

The plaintiff Smith is a member of the intercollegiate football team of the defendant Southern Methodist University (SMU). SMU is a private educational institution and a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which has certain rules and regulations concerning eligibility of individual players on the…