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NFL makes Sarah Thomas first full-time female official (1 Viewer)
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Faust
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Nathan R. Jessep
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I think it's great. Like the writer stated, she should be treated as any other official. If she knows the rules (and apparently she does), bring her on!
And in before the Sean Peyton bounty jokes.
And in before the Sean Peyton bounty jokes.
TZMarkie
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This article is such a breath of fresh air.Faust said:
This article (more explicitly Trask's statements) should also be mandatory reading for every minority, (that feels slighted, or tries to use their minority "stigma??" as a crutch in certain social situations) or people that feel they are not treated fairly or perhaps unjustly for a variety of reasons.
Finally a voice of reason in this world concerning inequality...or better yet, "perceived inequality".
Its great, especially coming from a woman, that has held a powerful position.
One of her statements reads "If one wants to be considered without regard to gender, then one should not consider one’s gender."
We could also very easily replace the word "gender" in that statement with the word "race".
But unfortunately if a similar article did, it would most likely not gather any attention at all.
Its too bad this type of article gets no more press than it does.
Maybe when she releases her book, it will garner some attention.
There are a ton of political figures and leaders that have a lot to learn from this woman and her views. (at least on this matter)
TZM
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Faust
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Five things to know about NFL referee Sarah Thomas:
http://espn.go.com/blog/arizona-cardinals/post/_/id/15398/5-things-to-know-about-sarah-thomas
http://espn.go.com/blog/arizona-cardinals/post/_/id/15398/5-things-to-know-about-sarah-thomas
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Faust
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History made: NFL's first female ref meets first female coach on field
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25271138/history-made-nfls-first-female-ref-meets-first-female-coach-on-field
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25271138/history-made-nfls-first-female-ref-meets-first-female-coach-on-field
Buffaloes
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avoiding injuries
Footballguy
Can't stand women sports announcers, but didn't mind Sarah officiatingthe game I was watching on Sunday at all. Maybe I'm not sexist.
Buffaloes
Footballguy
my guess would be a Redskin fan if you didn't mind her officiating this weekend. she gave the nfl is rigged crowd a lot to work with.
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Chaka
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1) No better, no worse then male announcers. The best of the best may be a dude, then again they represent 95+% of all announcers so of course they are. As an aside: if listening to Jon Gruden fall all over himself complimenting every single player & coach who appears on camera doesn't make you want to jam an ice-pick in your ear then you may need to get your ears checked. Seriously he may be worse than Theisman.
2) How magnanimous of you
3) Maybe
CalBear
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Racism exists.
Sexism exists.
Both of these things have been extensively studied.
They're not the fault of minorities and women.
WheelsUp
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I do not care if you are man or woman, that was such a terrible call, that man or woman should be suspended from their job based off the absurdity of the call alone. Men and women make mistakes, absolving a man or woman from their mistakes because they are man or woman is also sexist.
This official made a terrible call, the sexists ones care about the sex of the person who made it, an unsexist person wants equal punishment for that official after a terrible call by that official.
This official made a terrible call, the sexists ones care about the sex of the person who made it, an unsexist person wants equal punishment for that official after a terrible call by that official.
CalBear
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Chicago Hooligan
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CalBear
Footballguy
I don't think the article by Trask particularly implies that women are at fault for creating sexism. But there is an undertone of Randian privileged objectivism that is (as usual) pretty dismissive of the realities of our society.
Trask may be right that the best way for Sarah Thomas to deal with the ugliness she is sure to face will be to ignore it. But she goes on to imply that having the victims of sexism attempt to ignore it constitutes sufficient response to the problem. The very concept of "passing the test" is based on the assumption that we evaluate performance in a gender-neutral manner, which is known to be false.
I also think the idea that NFL football players treated her exactly the way they would have if she were male is absurd.
WheelsUp
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So since she is the first woman referee and every other referee who was reprimanded or pulled from games for making bad calls were men, all of them. Also, the whole crew should be suspended/demoted/reprimanded not just the one official.
http://deadspin.com/nfl-demotes-officiating-crew-after-screwups-in-cardinal-1745456717
http://deadspin.com/nfl-demotes-officiating-crew-after-screwups-in-cardinal-1745456717
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SaintsInDome2006
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Looks like she badly blew a call affecting possession in a close game. That's her job, she blew it.
ImTheScientist
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Who cares.
