Ohio High School Athletic Association

A day after Ohio became the 45th state to allow high school athletes to strike name, image and likeness deals, a Republican lawmaker is working on a bill to ban that.

High school athletes can start striking name, image and likeness deals, after a vote of the schools that make up the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

Under a provision in Ohio’s state budget, “qualifying” schools are mandated to offer cash payments at their events. Lawmakers are now looking at those events' prices.

Ohio High School Athletic Association member schools have resoundingly defeated a proposal that would have allowed high school athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law protecting athletes' religious expression. The bill was inspired by an Ohio teen disqualified from a cross-country race for wearing a hijab without a required waiver.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association is adding girls wrestling and boys volleyball as emerging sports beginning in the fall of the 2022-2023 school year.

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has questioned the need for a legislative ban on transgender girls competing in sports.

Some Ohio lawmakers are proposing that high schoolers should get a do-over after their pandemic-troubled school year, even if they qualified to graduate.

Gov. Mike DeWine says work will continue over the weekend to get guidelines in place for high school sports – and he says he’ll announce them on Tuesday...

The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) unveiled a plan Wednesday to resume spring sports – if Gov. Mike DeWine decides to reopen schools in early May. The governor’s current school closure order expires on May 1, with classes resuming May 4. In the update sent to Ohio high schools, OHSAA said the May 4 start is optimistic, but its plan would allow spring sports seasons to begin as early as May 9.