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Opinion: Why has so little effort been made to bring women into the MLB umpire ranks?

by admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The umpires in baseball are often taken for granted, like the field geometry, the bases, the fair poles and the seats in the stands. Except for those moments when a decision angers one team or the other, umpires are part of the background to the game. Perhaps that...

The NFL allowed a small change to ref uniforms and now Sarah Thomas can wear a ponytail in the Super Bowl

by admin | Feb 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Through the end of the 2019-2020 season, all NFL officials wore fitted ball caps, the kind without a large hole in the back. That meant Thomas, as the lone female member of the league’s officiating corps, had no choice but to tuck her hair up into the cap....

Sarah Thomas to become first woman to officiate at Super Bowl

by admin | Jan 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Sarah Thomas will next month become the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl, the NFL announced Tuesday. Thomas will serve as a down judge on referee Carl Cheffers’ crew at Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida. Read the full story on ESPN

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