Ka taƙaita labarin:  Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta kasa ta dauki mata ta farko a matsayin alkalin wasa, Sarah Thomas, a cewar wani rahoto. Thomas, mai shekaru 42, alkalin wasa ne na kungiyar kwallon kafa ta kwaleji ta Amurka, an yi la'akari da shi a baya don matsayi a cikin NFL kafin a zaɓe ta don farawa a gasar a shekara mai zuwa, in ji mai ba da rahoto na Baltimore Aaron Wilson da aka buga a shafinsa na Twitter. A baya ta yi hukunci da wasannin preseasons, scrimmages da minicamps bayan ta zama wani ɓangare na shirin horar da NFL tun daga 2013. Sarah Thomas, 'yar shekaru 42 da haihuwa, mahaifiyar 'ya'ya uku daga Brandon, Mississippi, an ba da rahoton cewa ita ce mace ta farko da za a ɗauka a matsayin alƙali na NFL na cikakken lokaci. A sama tana gudanar da wasan farko na New Orleans Saints. Jami'in na Amurka ya zama mace ta farko da za ta yi aiki a wasan FBS a shekara ta 2007 kuma ta farko da za ta jagoranci wasan kwano a shekara ta 2009. NFL ba za ta tabbatar da daukar Thomas a ranar Juma'a ba, tana cewa a cikin wata sanarwa: 'Ba a kammala jerin jami'an 2015 ba tukuna. Lokacin da yake, za a sanar da sababbin jami'ai na 2015 da kuma dukan jerin sunayen. " Thomas zai kasance cikin sabbin sabbin mutane takwas da aka yi wa kakar wasan 2015, wata majiya da ke kusa da lamarin ta fada wa LA Times. A Brandon, Mississippi, 'yar asalin, Thomas ta buga wasan kwando a Jami'ar Mobile kafin ta fara aiki bayan ta halarci taro tare da dan uwanta. 'Ya gaya mani cewa akwai wasu tsofaffi maza da ke zaune a can. Kuma cewa zan iya samun wasu kallo na ban mamaki, 'ta gaya wa Hattiesburg American a bara. 'Lokacin da na shiga wannan taron tabbas hakan ya faru.' Ta yi wasan kwallon kwando da ƙwallon ƙafa na makarantar sakandare kafin ta koma kwaleji kuma ta zama mace ta farko da ta yi hukunci a wasan FBS a shekara ta 2007 kuma ta farko da ta jagoranci wasan kwano a shekara ta 2009. 'Abu shine, ban taɓa yin niyyar zama ta farko ba kuma hakan bai canza ba, in ji ta a cikin 2013. 'Ina yin haka ne domin ina son yin hakan.' Mahaifiyar 'ya'ya uku ta yaba wa nasarar da ta samu a wasanni domin ta yi girma tare da 'yan'uwa maza. 'Yar asalin Mississippi ta fara gudanar da aikin ne bayan ta halarci wani taro da dan uwanta kuma ta yaba wa iyalinta da taimaka mata ta yi nasara a...
Thomas ya yi hukunci game da wasan wasan kwaikwayo, wasan kwaikwayo da kuma minicamps. Ita ce mace ta farko da ta jagoranci wasan kwallo a kwalejin kwallon kafa. Shannon Eastin, mai maye gurbin ref, ya yi wasa a lokacin kulle-kulle na 2012. Hayar za ta sa NFL ta zama babbar gasar wasanni ta biyu da ke da mata a hukumance.