Mox!! This could be a nice case for ya! Lawyers are always looking new clients right???
Sort of just depends on the makeup. Not that uncommon for smaller schools to not allow it, especially if there isn't a freshman team. Truthfully, if you're not good enough to be a varsity player as a junior at a school the size of Clayton, it'd be tough to be very helpful as a senior. Only way I'd disagree is if you're playing behind a deep and loaded senior class. And juniors on JV certainly take playing time away from sophs you'd really like to be developing to be varsity players as juniors.
The coach really f'd up by saying he didn't make the team because he's a junior. Ladue is going to have to settle, I'm guessing.
Don't you have to be a "protected class" to be considered for age discrimination? And this isn't a wrongful termination employment case. No attorney here, just the way I understand those employment laws. Not sure on the Title IX side though.
I get what you're saying, but the context in the junior in junior varsity is equivalent to sub, or lower than varsity, rather than the context of grade level.
The family hired a private coach for the boy, he joined a St. Louis club team, and he improved, his stepfather said.
I couldn't disagree more, respectively. Conversation or not, kids and parents will almost always be pissy when the playing time isn't there. The locker room bitching and complaining isn't worth it. Can destroy a team's chemistry in a hurry. Granted, this is all from a hoops coach perspective. But it's also a huge pain in the keester to try to get 30 or so kids space in a gym for a decent practice. Too many bodies and not enough reps for the ones that really need the reps. No need to muddy the waters with kids that aren't deserving of being there. Unfortunately, extra-curricular athletics are a talent driven thing.
Having read the judge's ruling, one could safely say the judge considered the merits of the case, or lack thereof, and ruled appropriately.
