The AP reports that the coach of a four-year-old Indian Marathon runner is challenging his pupil's exclusion from a marathon in court. I'm not sure what India's antitrust laws would say about this age-based exclusion. I think most common-sense observers would distinguish this case from Maurice Clarett's case based on the fact that this kid is only four. Although it does point to a potentially untapped argument for leagues seeking to defend age exclusions: that allowing someone under the age of majority to participate amounts to child labor in violation of international human rights accords?
Indian Marathon Age Limits Lawsuit
Thursday, May 11, 2006
The AP reports that the coach of a four-year-old Indian Marathon runner is challenging his pupil's exclusion from a marathon in court. I'm not sure what India's antitrust laws would say about this age-based exclusion. I think most common-sense observers would distinguish this case from Maurice Clarett's case based on the fact that this kid is only four. Although it does point to a potentially untapped argument for leagues seeking to defend age exclusions: that allowing someone under the age of majority to participate amounts to child labor in violation of international human rights accords?