See, that is a real problem for me. TSSAA has been determined to be a "State Actor," by the U.S. Supreme Court in Brentwood vs. TSSAA. In other words they are commissioned by and act on behalf of the Tennessee State Board of Education. As a consumer of state tax dollars both directly (in that TSSAA employees participate in the State Teachers Retirement Fund) and indirectly through membership fees paid by our local school boards, they should be responsive to reasonable inquiries from the taxpayers in this state. They are NOT a private membership organization as they would want you to believe.
That has pros and cons, the pros for TSSAA are that they enjoy a measure of sovereign immunity and exemption from antitrust laws. The cons for them are that they are responsible to the taxpayers of this state.