NFL Hires 1st Woman Ref For Regular Season Games

IFWT_SaraThomas For the first time in the history of the NFL, a woman will be working regular season games beginning this fall.
Sarah Thomas has the honor being the first woman official. Thomas joined the NFL’s development program for officials in 2013.

“Being raised with brothers I’m just one of the guys, I guess,” she said. “I don’t try to be one of the guys. I am a female, but I don’t look at myself as just a female. I look at myself as an official. With their respect and the respect that I have for them, it just doesn’t feel like it’s a male-dominated profession.”

Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times reported that the NFL won’t confirm Thomas’ hiring but that “the league has informed current officials that seven men and one woman have been selected as new hires for this season, contingent on them taking physical examinations.”

Tags

NFL NFL Ref

Bio
Latest Posts

Jill Munroe

Jill Munroe is a Los Angeles-based host, producer, and writer. You can find her work on sites such as FoxSports.com, EURweb.com, and MSN.com. Munroe is a current member of the African-American Film Critics Association and the National Association of Black Journalists. Munroe has also been a frequent guest on ESPN radio and Yahoo Sports. In 2015, Munroe released her first book, "PostGame Pass: access into "the life" JillMunroe.com

NFL Hires 1st Woman Ref For Regular Season Games

Tags

More Stories

Charles Barkley & TNT

Tags

Share on

You may also like

More Stories