City Shifts Girls’ Soccer From Spring to the Fall
“After three players complained to the New York Civil Liberties Union, the group threatened last month to sue the Department of Education, claiming the current schedule discriminated against women athletes and violated Title IX, the law covering equity in education.
The department said it believed the girls had been treated equally, but agreed this week to move the season, starting next school year, to avoid litigation. Having girls play soccer in the spring made it easier to reserve fields for other fall sports, the department said.”
