Dean v. Virginia High School League, Inc.

By Judge Everett A. Martin, Jr.

The plaintiff has filed a complaint asking the court to enter a declaratory judgment that he meets the Virginia High School League’s (“VHSL”) criteria for an age rule waiver and to enjoin the VHSL to grant him such a waiver. The cause came to be heard on September 1 on the plaintiff’s application for a preliminary injunction.

Almost all of Virginia’s public high schools are members of the VHSL, a private corporation that establishes eligibility rules for participation in high school athletics. The plaintiff is a senior at Lake Taylor High School who desires to…