NFL to Hire Sarah Thomas as First Female Official

[FirstAndGoal]

Congratulations to her.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

How exactly does a non-profit, federally protected league like the NFL get away with not hiring a female official for over 50 years? Clap clap. Happy for her, but let's not act like they deserve a pat on the back. Too little, too late.

 

[meatface]

I thought there already were some female refs. I remember there was one at the pats v eagles preseason game last year

 

[Ross12]

What happens when she gets leveled during a play or gets in the way during a pick?

 

[PatriotsReign]

Nothing guarantees a surge in misogyny like putting a poor, helpless woman in a position to be hated by hundreds of millions of men after she botches a call. The NFL has gone too far.

COOL!!!! I was waiting for the first person to use the word "misogyny"!!

You win!

 

[PatriotsReign]

I'm fine with a female ref. The only thing I don't want is a woman doing Patriots games play-by-play. It just wouldn't be right hearing a woman's voice shouting "And he's NAILED at the scrimmage line!"

Unless of course her voice sounds like a guy.....

 

[Haley]

What happens when she gets leveled during a play or gets in the way during a pick?

The same thing that happens to anyone that gets leveled during a play or gets in the way during a pick. I'm sure she is as prepared to get carted off as anyone else on that field. Its not like she hasn't ref'ed a game before. She knows what the deal is.

 

[Deus Irae]

I hope this hire will be about a quality official, and not about the league pandering. We don't need a repeat of the NBA and the Violet Palmer/Dee Kantner disasters.

 

[Haley]

Here are some uniform nominations (top right gets my vote):

Here's mine:

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

I give it 10 min into game before gronk trys to slay

 

[fnordcircle]

 

[FCB02062]

Someone gonna start a thread when the NFL hires its first transvestite ref? First gay ref? First gender neutral ref? First polygamist ref?

 

[ausbacker]

Someone gonna start a thread when the NFL hires its first transvestite ref? First gay ref? First gender neutral ref? First polygamist ref?

First competent Commissioner...

 

[Froob]

I hope this hire will be about a quality official, and not about the league pandering. We don't need a repeat of the NBA and the Violet Palmer/Dee Kantner disasters.

Yup, and then when CP3 questioned that rookie female official it was the end of the world when in reality it was because of her being a rookie not because she's a woman buuuuuuuuuut media doesn't give a ****.

 

[Ross12]

The same thing that happens to anyone that gets leveled during a play or gets in the way during a pick. I'm sure she is as prepared to get carted off as anyone else on that field. Its not like she hasn't ref'ed a game before. She knows what the deal is.

Sorry, I guess my post looked like I was questioning the ref herself. I don't doubt she is fully prepared. I was referring more to how the public/media reacts if she ends up getting hurt. Media firestorm for putting a woman on a football field? "They should've known she was more fragile!!!" Just thinking out loud. I don't agree with these sentiments.

 

[PatriotsReign]

Hahahaha!!!.....I don't get it

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

It's the 21st century. Women play sports. Get hurt. Fly jets. Get killed serving their country in the military.
They can handle being on a football field as a ref.

But I'm with Deus. Qualified. No pandering, No quotas.

 

[anditsgood]

First competent Commissioner...

No one would buy/believe it...

 

[Jackson 2]

All of those male officials are so competent that it's hard for me to believe that the NFL would risk hiring a girly girl. What a joke.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

I hope this hire will be about a quality official, and not about the league pandering. We don't need a repeat of the NBA and the Violet Palmer/Dee Kantner disasters.

DI, of course the NFL wouldn't fast track a move that is likely to be well received by media -- even at the cost of competency/quality. That's just crazy talk...