why are there no female nfl referees?
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Last year, Thomas told SB Nation that it was important for a major organization like the NFL to break a gender barrier by hiring a female referee. But the wheels for this change were in motion years before Thomas was hired.
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Trailblazing NBA Women Coaches. “Basketball is a genderless sport. The ball has no difference whether a man's holding it or a woman's holding it,” said Becky Hammon, who was named as an assistant coach for Gregg Popovich's Spurs in 2014, becoming the first woman to hold a full-time coaching position in the NBA.
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We know NFL officials are evaluated by the league. Those who earn the highest grades are selected to work the Super Bowl, per NFL.com, and other top crews work the other postseason contests.
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Most places where they do shows have athletic commissions or some other regulating body that license referees and assign them to the events happening in that state/place. In places where there is no commission, I believe Marc Ratner (UFC's VP of regulatory affairs) assigns the referees to the fights.
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Why are most referees bald? ... Most people who apply to become referees are over-intelligent. They become bald as a result of surgery to remove 80 per cent of their brain tissue and to have their eyesight and hearing impaired. After they recover from the operation, the hair never grows back properly.
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While the women in the LFL wear hardly any clothing, they play for the love of the sport. Many of the players are former college or professional athletes, and contrary to popular belief, they don't get paid for playing in the league.
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Most leagues play by the same rules as their male counterparts, with one exception: women's leagues use a slightly smaller football. ... Very few high schools or colleges offer the sport solely for women and girls; however, on occasion, it is permissible for a female player to join an otherwise male team.
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Blandino said the XFL identified three of its female officials through their work in the now-defunct Alliance of American Football: Line judges Maia Chaka and Robin DeLorenzo, and center judge Amanda Sauer-Cook. ... One of the XFL's replay officials, Terri Valenti, is also a woman.
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With regard to their personal lives, they are discouraged from "fraternizing" with players and both players and cheerleaders are advised not to date each other. ... Some dated cheerleaders who worked for their teams, while others dated ladies involved with different sports altogether.
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With this being said, WNBA players should make more money because they have the same dedication as the male players, sometimes even more, but this can't happen unless the seats to games get filled up and endorsements, along with jersey sales, increase.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two former NFL players are among the six new officials for the upcoming NFL season. ... The other first-year officials are side judges Dave Hawkshaw and Jimmy Russell, down judge Patrick Holt and line judge Tripp Sutter. Referees Walt Coleman, John Parry and Pete Morelli retired after last season.
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Only a handful of women have umpired the predominantly male sport, with the most well-known being Pam Postema, who spent 13 years in the minor leagues. There has never been a woman to umpire at the major-league level. ... The job of being a professional baseball umpire is a hard, thankless one.
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Toni Harris made history on Tuesday, becoming the first female skill-position football player to sign a letter of intent. ... "If it doesn't happen, I can just pave the way for another little girl to come out and play -- or even start a women's NFL," Harris said. Her imprint is already being felt on the professional level.
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There is only one woman currently playing in the Overwatch League, the game's highest level of competition. Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon of the Shanghai Dragons was accused of cheating by multiple professional male players prior to her Overwatch League debut.
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Male reporters ARE allowed in the locker rooms of female athletes. ... Some have suggested that male athletes are being deprived of their right to privacy by allowing female journalists into their changing room. They're not.
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Back in 2001, the Washington Post reported that NFL referees made $11,900 for working the Super Bowl. Unfortunately, that's the most up-to-date confirmed figure out there. (MONEY previously calculated that modern Super Bowl bonuses for NFL referees are between $30,000 and $50,000, but that's only an estimate.)
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Every call the refs make get reviewed by the NFL, and the refereeing teams are graded. No fines, but refs can be "downgraded", which can result in them not reffing playoff games or other big games.