"If gender is irrevelent, why were you having these discussions? I'm not trying to "pick your post apart", I'm trying to figure out what appears to be a sudden 180 degree shift in your perspective."
First, let me say that I don't have daughters, so perhaps my perspective is not the same as yours.
That having been said, I do think gender is irrelevant and to treat girls as if gender is relevant is not treating them fairly. They are soccer players. Period.
We were having "discussions" and trying to "fix things" for the girls programs, not BECAUSE they related to girls (ie. not because of gender) but because they were underperforming programs. Just as we had "discussions" when there was an underperforming age group on the boys side.
I think my perspective has been consistent.
It is easy to say (paraphrasing): if "they" don't want to share information, I'm not going to chase them down.
Doesn't seem like a very effective way to get answers. If I want an answer badly enough, I call the person most likely to have the answer.
Think how efficient it would be if you picked up the telephone, talked to Savitz, and then posted the responses here. You could save EVERYONE a lot of time, with very little effort on your part. Or not.
