Just one of many and there are more and more every day.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highsc...152702734.html
"The official reason for Mawusimensah Mears’ dismissal was unexcused absences from practice, though his father said that both a family death and leg injury provided ample justification for his son’s missed practices.
Yet, at the root of the elder Mears’ lawsuit is a controversial claim that his son has a right to participate in extracurricular activities, turning the long held adage that sports, music and the like are privileges on its head.
The bulk of the harassment that the family cites in its lawsuit is in the form of the Sterling Regional coach’s refusal to run Mawusimensah in varsity races … while he was still a freshman. Ervin Mears insisted that his son was persecuted against because the coach decided to run seniors in those races instead of Mawusimensah, even though the younger Mears was often the faster competitor.
Mawusimensah himself said that failing to line up at the start line often left him feeling “disrespected,”
Now it will up to a federal judge to determine if Sterling Regional officials really were obligated to help make the younger Mears happy on the track, and whether $40 million will accomplish that after the fact."
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highsc...152702734.html
"The official reason for Mawusimensah Mears’ dismissal was unexcused absences from practice, though his father said that both a family death and leg injury provided ample justification for his son’s missed practices.
Yet, at the root of the elder Mears’ lawsuit is a controversial claim that his son has a right to participate in extracurricular activities, turning the long held adage that sports, music and the like are privileges on its head.
The bulk of the harassment that the family cites in its lawsuit is in the form of the Sterling Regional coach’s refusal to run Mawusimensah in varsity races … while he was still a freshman. Ervin Mears insisted that his son was persecuted against because the coach decided to run seniors in those races instead of Mawusimensah, even though the younger Mears was often the faster competitor.
Mawusimensah himself said that failing to line up at the start line often left him feeling “disrespected,”
Now it will up to a federal judge to determine if Sterling Regional officials really were obligated to help make the younger Mears happy on the track, and whether $40 million will accomplish that after the fact."