Category: student athletes

Parents Protest Vaccine Mandate on Student Athletes in Loudoun County

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—At another contentious school board meeting on Sept. 14, Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) parents protested the county’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all student-athletes participating in the Virginia High School League winter and spring sports. The mandate was announced on Aug. 31 by LCPS Superintendent Dr. Scott A. Ziegler. The requirement would take…


Supreme Court Unsympathetic to NCAA Arguments Justifying not Paying Student-Athletes

Before a skeptical Supreme Court this morning the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) defended its rules that preclude paying student-athletes. The Biden administration sided with the student-athletes during oral arguments March 31. The case is actually two cases that the court ordered heard together: National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston, court file 20-512, and American…