The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that athletic associations can enforce limits on recruiting high school athletes without violating coaches' free speech rights. Writing for a unanimous Court, Justice John Paul Stevens compared the case to one in which the Court upheld a state bar association's limits on solicitations by lawyers. "The dangers of undue influence that exist when a lawyer chases an ambulance are also present when a high school coach contacts an eighth grader," Stevens said.
June 22, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The Supreme Court said Thursday that athletic associations can enforce limits on recruiting high school athletes without violating coaches’ free speech rights.
The high court ruled in a longstanding dispute between a Tennessee athletic association and a football powerhouse, the private Brentwood Academy near Nashville.
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