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I seriously doubt this law will get challenged. In my opinion the state legislature doesn't have authority over FHSAA. It didn't have authority in 1997, yet it got away with it. Neither did the state legislature have authority in 2012 nor now.  The FHSAA is a voluntary organization that wasn't created by the state government.  So the state government shouldn't have any authority to decide how it is ran. Secondly the state government has no say over private schools, who make up a fair amount of the FHSAA membership.  Third, while the state government does have authority over public schools,  no where is there a legal requirement that says a public school must be a FHSAA member. That's an assumption,  but I  cannot find where that is specified.  What I can find however is the latitude given to local government (county school districts included) to voluntarily enter into agreements with others.  That said, I seriously doubt anyone will challenge this law in court. Nor do I seriously see a mass exodus from the FHSAA. Instead it will be lay down and take it. However,  I see nothing that says if a group of schools, public or private wanted to form a new league, conference or join another (like SSAC), that anything could stop them.

A fifth class for metro? So now there would be a total of 10 classifications. Oh boy!

A fifth class for metro? So now there would be a total of 10 classifications. Oh boy!

This looks like a legit move to me, not team shopping. 

Short answer to your last 2 questions, no.
Not that I follow gymnastics that closely but from what I understand,  the balance beam and uneven bars were designed for women because they carry more of their weight and have more strength in their lower body. Whereas male apparatuses are all about upper body strength. 

You see, you are finally learning something Perspective. My lessons and education ARE getting through! 

Who knew, the "Oracle at Delphi" sits on this board. 

Then it gets challenged in court, where a savvy lawyer goes judge shopping to file his case with hopes some nut case judge gives him the decision he wants.

And that's how our system has evolved.  Pass a law, rule, regulation or policy, along ideological lines and let the courts figure it out. Meanwhile We the People become more and more divided. 

I'm looking forward to seeing the proposed legislation precluding aliens from participating in high school sports . . . 'eliminate this before it ever has a chance of becoming a problem.'  
Seriously, we're talking about an eligibility issue, right?   Isn't that what the FHSAA is there for?  Why does the state legislature need to get involved with this issue? 

Based on the issues I've seen first hand when I worked at the Supreme Court, it depends on the issue especially when the matter of Judicial funding comes into play.  Sad, but true.

Apparently so in this day and age

Like I ask all the time,  "What could possibly go wrong?"

Like I ask all the time,  "What could possibly go wrong?"

Is the only way to accomplish keeping biological males from competing in female sports through legislation?

Here is something that occurred to me as I thought about the bill to make FHSAA an appointed board by the governor.  The FHSAA is a voluntary organization made up of both public and private schools. The FHSAA goes back to 1920 and pre-dates the current state constitution. The FHSAA was not created by the state legislature through statute. In fact, it wasn't until the 1980s that the state legislature recognized the FHSAA as the governing body for interschoolatic sports and the language of such doesn't state that public schools have to join; it is more or less implied.  While the state legislature can mandate policy for public schools,  they cannot do so for private schools.  I would argue that given the history of the FHSAA the state legislature has no authority to dissolve or to interfere with how the FHSAA is set up. The only authority that the legislature has would be to form a new entity for public schools only.

Failure by the FHSAA to really address the issues of smaller schools is why the SSAC is growing.  Sorta like NAIA is becoming a better option for smaller colleges than NCAA.

To your point, this is from the FHSAA website: 
"A Non-Profit 501c(3) Private Corporation, the Florida High School Athletic Association was founded on April 9, 1920 by a group of 29 high school principals who met at Peabody Hall on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville. The Florida Legislature, in 1997, gave the FHSAA statutory recognition as the official governing body for interscholastic athletics in Florida."
 
 

That was my point, which you obviously didn't get.
Bottom line is that the gov and people like you are using right winged scare tactics and politics once again. 
Keep that crap out of HS sports.
 
 
 

You do observe that the SSAC and other independent conferences are composed of small schools, the majority of which are private schools.  I only know of a few public schools that have been allowed in the SSAC. Yet more and more are going the independent route or switching associations. Why is this? There has been a feeling of not being represented or heard by the small public schools for a while now.  Your question would be better answered by taking to some of them than me. It's clear to me however that these schools are leaving for a reason.  
On a side note,  SSAC members, most of them anyway,  still remain FHSAA members too. Exactly how that works I don't know. 

You do observe that the SSAC and other independent conferences are composed of small schools, the majority of which are private schools.  I only know of a few public schools that have been allowed in the SSAC. Yet more and more are going the independent route or switching associations. Why is this? There has been a feeling of not being represented or heard by the small public schools for a while now.  Your question would be better answered by taking to some of them than me. It's clear to me however that these schools are leaving for a reason.  
On a side note,  SSAC members, most of them anyway,  still remain FHSAA members too. Exactly how that works I don't know. 

I agree, it should be apolitical but nothing is anymore.  But to answer the crux of your question I will ask a follow up question.  Who created the transfer mess in the first place?   The state legislature in their wisdom.  The FHSAA is powerless as I have heard folks on this site on both sides repeatedly state.  So the question I would ask is who has the power to fix it?   At least in my eyes if the aforementioned premise is correct, the answer is obvious.  So all I am suggesting is "Give Peace a Chance".

Failure by the FHSAA to really address the issues of smaller schools is why the SSAC is growing.  Sorta like NAIA is becoming a better option for smaller colleges than NCAA.

I heard that there is a bill in the state legislature that if passed would make FHSAA a 9 member board appointed by the governor.

Failure by the FHSAA to really address the issues of smaller schools is why the SSAC is growing.  Sorta like NAIA is becoming a better option for smaller colleges than NCAA.