But a suggestion has to start somewhere. A complaint was originally filed against the CIF, the state's governing body for high school sports. But the organization cannot be named in a Title IX complaint, since it is not funded by the federal government. MEL switched the girls' soccer season from spring to winter in 1995, provoking an outcry from local parents who attacked the move on several fronts. Muddy conditions posed health hazards, they argued.
Rain cancels more games.
Fewer daylight hours in the winter cut into practice and game time. Since the move, however, Saco said more than 25 schools have started girls' soccer programs - a sign he believes shows that the league's move is far more popular than Arvin, Lahmon and other critics claim. School districts are caught in a tight squeeze between the letter of the law and the practical and financial difficulty of complying with Title IX, conceded Paula Pearlman, a lawyer with California Women's Law Center. This is what it takes to level the playing field for girls. His family owned the Vina Vista Ranchero, which was founded by his grandfather James Nathaniel Rogers in north Vacaville.