Court Opinion

ID: 9470224
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 02:59:54.764936+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:41:47.492841
License: Public Domain

LOGAN, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I recognize that Judge Barrett has properly summarized this Circuit’s position on *1088whether Mr. Jones has presented a substantial federal question. Wiley v. NCAA, 612 F.2d 473 (10th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 446 U.S. 943, 100 S.Ct. 2168, 64 L.Ed.2d 798 (1980), an en banc decision of this Court, controls this case. Nevertheless, I continue to adhere to the position stated in my dissent in that case. But for the binding effect of Wiley, I would hold that Mr. Jones’ equal protection claim raises a substantial federal question. Having said that, I agree with Judge Barrett’s analysis in Part II of the opinion. The NCAA’s high school grade point interpretations Nos. 329 and 330 serve lawful aims of that organization and its member universities. Wichita State University’s enforcement of those interpretations against its student athletes rationally furthers a legitimate purpose of that state actor. Therefore, I concur in the disposition of this case.
SEYMOUR, J., concurs with LOGAN’s, J., concurrence.