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12-01-2010, 04:29 PM
Federal Judge’s Action Puts Dec. 1 Registration Deadline On Hold
No Requirement, At This Time, For Any Texas Sports Official to Register with UIL
RICHARDSON, Texas – Michael Fitch, executive director of the Texas Association of Sports Officials (TASO), today Dec 1st, issued the following statement after Federal District Judge Lee Yeakel granted a limited preliminary injunction in Austin against the University Interscholastic League’s attempt to register Texas sports officials.
“The long and short of Judge Yeakel’s decision today means the arbitrary December 1 deadline for sports officials to register with the University Interscholastic League is indefinitely suspended. The most important outcome of today’s ruling is that there is absolutely no reason or requirement for any Texas sports official to register with the UIL by that date.”
“Also of note is that this is the third court that has granted injunctive relief in favor of TASO. The Austin District Court, Austin Court of Appeals, and now a Federal Judge have all seen fit to enjoin the UIL on the merits of our case. The only way that the UIL has stayed alive in these proceedings is largely through procedural gamesmanship of our legal system.”
“We are not, however, out of the woods. Judge Yeakel has yet to rule on the UIL’s motion to dismiss TASO’s lawsuit against it. We remain hopeful Judge Yeakel will recognize that students, parents and school district officials are better served by an independent sports officiating organization like TASO than they are by a heavy-handed bureaucratic system. This has been true for decades and it remains true today.”
No Requirement, At This Time, For Any Texas Sports Official to Register with UIL
RICHARDSON, Texas – Michael Fitch, executive director of the Texas Association of Sports Officials (TASO), today Dec 1st, issued the following statement after Federal District Judge Lee Yeakel granted a limited preliminary injunction in Austin against the University Interscholastic League’s attempt to register Texas sports officials.
“The long and short of Judge Yeakel’s decision today means the arbitrary December 1 deadline for sports officials to register with the University Interscholastic League is indefinitely suspended. The most important outcome of today’s ruling is that there is absolutely no reason or requirement for any Texas sports official to register with the UIL by that date.”
“Also of note is that this is the third court that has granted injunctive relief in favor of TASO. The Austin District Court, Austin Court of Appeals, and now a Federal Judge have all seen fit to enjoin the UIL on the merits of our case. The only way that the UIL has stayed alive in these proceedings is largely through procedural gamesmanship of our legal system.”
“We are not, however, out of the woods. Judge Yeakel has yet to rule on the UIL’s motion to dismiss TASO’s lawsuit against it. We remain hopeful Judge Yeakel will recognize that students, parents and school district officials are better served by an independent sports officiating organization like TASO than they are by a heavy-handed bureaucratic system. This has been true for decades and it remains true today.”