Those who said Pahrump Valley moving into Class 4-A would be difficult didn't know the tenth of it ... forget any of the other degrees of difficulty.

Consider the mess caused by the inability of the Clark County School District, the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, a parent and a player to find some agreement that would satisfy the needs of everybody involved in the sport.

Back in 2005, the NIAA said it would move Class 4-A girls soccer to the fall in the 2008-2009 school year (which starts in August).

Earlier this year, a parent of a daughter who is a Green Valley High School student threatened to file suit if that happened. The girl is a volleyball and soccer player, which meant that she would have to choose between the sports in the fall; he believes that is unfair, using federal Title IX guidelines as his leverage.

So, to satisfy that one student-athlete, more than 1,000 other girls (and their families) will be affected by the Clark County School District's decision to keep girls soccer in the winter, which means Pahrump Valley is directly affected; it had already received a soccer schedule, which had the Lady Trojans, coached by Greg Leseberg, playing 16 Class 4-A Sunset Region Southwest Division games, in the fall, beginning in early September.

With the CCSD board saying soccer would remain in the winter, Pahrump Valley has three choices -- go along with the ruling, play as an independent, or appeal to the Southern Nevada Class 3-A to compete in that league in the fall.

Equipping a soccer team to play in the winter for just one season would not be cost-effective; that is the situation facing PVHS, since the CCSD ruling is for the 2008-2009 school year only. The NIAA has assured Northern 4-A League members that there would be 4-A girls soccer in the fall of 2009 and that another sport for female student-athletes would be added statewide. The possible sport? Lacrosse, or maybe field hockey. At the moment, no one is sure what it will be.

The Pahrump Valley athletics department is already working on a tentative fall schedule which calls for the Lady Trojans to play Southern 3-A rivals Boulder City, Faith Lutheran, Moapa Valley and Virgin Valley. It is possible Pahrump Valley -- if the record warrants it -- could qualify for the Northern 4-A playoffs and play for a state championship.

So, soccer fans in particular, sports fans in general ... do you understand all of this?

You do? You must be a lawyer.