re: Changes to LHSAA rules 2014-15

No offense to Mr. Adelson and nola.com but they need to hire an attorney before reporting on court case holdings. That case did NOT declare the LHSAA a private entity. It was a very narrow holding which stated that LHSAA was not considered a public office for the sole purpose of the state's public records law.

That's it. The Supreme Court went to great lengths to limit the impact of the decision going as far as to describe the LHSAA has a quasi-public entity.

Furthermore, every single High School Athletic Association in the country that has asserted itself a private entity has lost. They all receive public funding; there is no way that can claim the are a private entity.

And the status of the LHSAA is irrelevant as this bill prevents public schools from being a member of any association that does not provide for third-party arbitration for appeals. It doesn't even address the LHSAA directly.