Anyone ever see the movie, "Chariots of Fire?"
The GHSA upheld a protest in a football game this fall. The officials misapplied a rule and the GHSA, in their infinite wisdom, upheld the school's protest and ordered the game replayed from the point of the misapplication. What they did in reality is open the world's largest can of worms. Now, anytime a school protests a rule misapplication, they set a precedent to replay the game from the point of the error, even though the NFHS does not recognize protests.
I post this as it would seem that the good folks in Maine have done the same thing. They've set a precedent for moving events that interfere with a participant's religous beliefs. There mistake was not in ignoring this student's rights. Playing sports is not a right, it's a privilege. Their mistake was moving the first event because of a student's religious belief.
Rutledge said it, sometimes you have to make a choice.
[Edited by BktBallRef on Dec 7th, 2003 at 10:38 PM]
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