Ka taƙaita labarin:  Hukumar kwallon kafa ta NFL tana da mata ta farko da ta fara aiki na cikakken lokaci. Sarah Thomas, wacce ta yi aiki a wasannin nune-nunen, za ta zama alkalin wasa a kakar wasa ta 2015, kamar yadda gasar ta sanar a ranar Laraba. Dan wasan mai shekaru 41 ya kasance a cikin shirin ci gaban wasannin league a 2013-14 kuma ya yi aiki da wasu kungiyoyin kananan kungiyoyi a bara. Ta riga ta fara aiki a fagen gudanarwa a matsayin mace ta farko da ta fara aiki a wasannin kwaleji a shekara ta 2007. Ita ce mace ta farko da ta fara aiki a matakin FBS kuma ta farko da ta fara gudanar da wasan kwano, Little Caesars Pizza Bowl na 2009 a Detroit. Sarah Thomas ita ce mace ta farko da ta fara aiki a matsayin alkalin wasa a NFL kuma za ta zama alkalin wasa a kakar wasa mai zuwa. Thomas ya tsaya a lokacin wasan farko tsakanin Seahawks da Chargers a bara. 'Ni mace ce, amma ban kalli kaina a matsayin mace kawai ba,' in ji Thomas a watan Yunin da ya gabata yayin da yake aiki a Cleveland Browns minicamp. 'Ina kallon kaina a matsayin jami'in.' Shannon Eastin ta yi aiki a wasannin NFL na yau da kullun a shekarar 2012 a matsayin mai maye gurbin jami'in, wanda hakan ya sa ta zama mace ta farko da ta yi hakan a kowane irin matsayi. Ta kuma kasance alƙaliyar layi. Thomas, tsohuwar 'yar wasan kwando ta kwaleji, ta yi wahayi zuwa zama jami'a a cikin shekarun 1990 lokacin da ta halarci wani taro tare da dan uwanta, Lea. A cikin 1996, Thomas ta zama mace ta farko da ta yi hukunci a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na makarantar sakandare na Division 1-A a Mississippi. Kusan kasa da shekaru goma bayan haka, ta fara gudanar da wasannin kwaleji lokacin da Conference USA ta dauke ta aiki, tana aiki a matsayin alkalin layin da kuma shugaban layin. Ta kuma yi aiki a Senior Bowl, da Fight Hunger Bowl, da Medal of Honor Bowl, da kuma gasar Championship ta Amurka a 2010 da 2014. Thomas ya yi wasa biyu a United Football League, wanda yanzu ya fita daga kasuwanci. A waje da filin wasa, ita wakilin masana'antar magani ce. Ta ce a watan Yunin da ya gabata 'ya'yanta maza biyu da 'yarta daya ba su ga wani abu na musamman ba game da aikin kwallon kafa. 'Suna kawai san mahaifiyar ta yi aiki kuma ba wani abu ba ne a gare su ko majagaba ko wani abu,' in ji ta. 'Na yi wannan.'
Thomas zai zama alkalin wasa a kakar 2015. Dan wasan mai shekaru 41 ya kasance a cikin shirin ci gaba na gasar a 2013-14. Ita ce mace ta farko da ta yi aiki a matakin FBS kuma ta farko da ta yi aiki a wasan kwano. Thomas, tsohuwar 'yar wasan kwando ta kwaleji, ta yi wahayi zuwa zama jami'a a cikin shekarun 1990 lokacin da ta halarci wani taro tare da dan uwanta.