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Pick your poison
I'm glad you're not in the ranks of the fuddy-duddies!
I'm not a lawyer by any means but I think they may be courting a lawsuit with their attitudes. The PIAA policy explicitly allows boys to play on girls teams (under these circumstances). If an official decides that he will refuse to allow this boy to play, I would think that the boy would certainly have a valid case if he chose to sue the official. I can't see where the official would have any legitimate defense and I would say that the PIAA would not back him since he is violating their policy.
Conversely, If a poor, defenseless princess got hurt by the big, bad boy I can't see how the official would be liable since he is following PIAA's written policy. I can possibly see the PIAA being sued and held liable for writing the policy but not the official for following it.
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