This was a few years back now when Immaculate of Danbury, a high school that per the Diocese of Bridgeport website attracts kids from 28 different towns and two states (Connecticut and New York), was to play Old Lyme in the state girls' soccer championship game.

The same Old Lyme with kids from, you know, Old Lyme and Lyme. And one state.

If history repeated, Immaculate would have eliminated Old Lyme in the postseason for the 10th time since 1992.

And yet the CIAC's benign neglect allowed them to keep playing each other. Perhaps we can fathom more glaring examples of competitive disadvantage, although let's face it: We'd need a head start.

This prompted Old Lyme coach Paul Gleason to suggest the following:

"Until the CIAC takes this issue seriously in all sports, we should begin talks about starting a new conference. Get out of the CIAC," Gleason said. "It wouldn't be hard to do. Plenty of teams would play. I'm 66 years old. I've watched this long enough. There comes a point where you just don't give a (hoot) anymore."

All of which brings us to today's discourse. What if, given the CIAC's recent foibles that extend well beyond competitive disadvantage, we heed Gleason's words and begin a new governing body for high school sports in Connecticut?

I'm thinking that most parents, coaches and administrators have reached Gleasonian levels of frustration — and just don't give a (hoot) anymore.

"We are not beholden to CIAC and trust me, this isn't the first time it's come up," one administrator said Tuesday of a potential switch to a new and more inventive, transparent governing body. "The membership is losing faith. I'm not saying all the details would be easy, but based on the people I'm talking to, it's on the table."

We even have a name: CHANGE, the Connecticut Hierarchy of Athletics, Networking, Growth and Evolution.

Why do we need CHANGE? Because we need change.

The CIAC's latest edict — that no traditional fall sports would go to the spring — is based on the following from executive director Glenn Lungarini, who told The Day, "there's no guarantee the metrics involving the novel coronavirus will look any better in the future than they do now."

And that is based on science? Is that an opinion? Whose opinion? The CIAC's entire football committee — later overruled by the Board of Control — researched the science and the models of other states, concluding that spring is the best option for their sport. Consider that Colorado has a plan that includes a fall sports season of "safer" sports, followed by three shorter seasons after Jan. 1 for all the others.

Massachusetts, which also will play some fall sports, added a "floating season" in the second semester to accommodate fall sports deemed too dangerous at the moment.

But then, this is the CIAC, whose Board of Control actually made a decision about fall sports recently without sufficient guidance from the Department of Public Health.

I'll take hubris for 600, Alex.

Jim Buonocore, the assistant principal and athletic director at Ledyard, took to Twitter on Monday to vent.

"To state that there is no option to move a sport or sports at this time to the second semester (if needed) is not fair to those student-athletes," he wrote. "All options should be exhausted. We have a full school year ahead. Cancel should not be in our vocabulary for any sport."

CIAC officials have suddenly decided to listen to the DPH's recommendations, perhaps a testimony to the power of public shaming. The DPH's best suggestion is 7 on 7 football and outdoor volleyball to best mitigate the potential of COVID in two high-risk sports.

Most coaches view 7 on 7 and outdoor volleyball as the modern day sequel to Dumb and Dumber. Undaunted, the CIAC has actually sent questionnaires to athletic directors about potential plans to play outdoor volleyball. (Honest).

Let's pause 10 seconds for station identification so I can begin sobbing.

Outdoor volleyball?

Of course. It is Tuesday, Oct. 20 and the kids are playing outdoor volleyball. Melissa attempts a serve that looks quite promising, until a gust of wind blows it out of bounds. Melissa's second serve comes between wind gusts and is so good that Sierra must dive on the blacktop to prevent the point. Nothing unsafe about that.

I mean, where do we find these people?

That's why we need CHANGE. Member schools need to unite. We have scores and scores of bright, forward-thinking people in our state who could run a new organization capably. Buonocore and Southern Connecticut Conference commissioner Al Carbone, among others, top the list.

Said it before, I'll say it again: Do not complain about what you permit.

Paul Gleason was right. He remains right. It's time for a new governing body. It's time for CHANGE. So who begins the revolution?

This is the opinion of Day sports columnist Mike DiMauro