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From the Gallatin News Examiner: Attorneys for the Gallatin High School football player ruled ineligible by the TSSAA costing the school’s football team five wins and a trip to the playoffs have filed a lawsuit in U.S. Middle District Court in Nashville stating the player’s rights were violated. The suit filed today (Wednesday), which also asked for a temporary restraining order, sought to have the player made immediately eligible, restoring the team’s five wins which were forfeited last week. In a hearing yesterday, the player lost his reinstatement request and the school’s winning game record was not reinstated. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the player and his mother and alleges his procedural due process rights were violated. The TSSAA ruled the player ineligible on Oct. 22, but school officials appealed that ruling. After a hearing on Oct. 30, the governing body for high school athletics denied the appeal. merged