Ka taƙaita labarin:  Hukumar kwallon kafa ta NFL ta shirya daukar Sarah Thomas a matsayin mace ta farko da za ta fara aiki a matsayin jami'in wasa na yau da kullum, a cewar rahotanni. Mahaifiyar 'ya'ya uku mai shekaru 42 daga Mississippi ta gudanar da wasannin farko a matsayin alkalin wasa. Jaridar Baltimore Sun ta Aaron Wilson ta ba da labarin, tare da NFL ta ƙi tabbatar da nadin. Jaridar Los Angeles Times ta ruwaito cewa Thomas zai kasance daya daga cikin sabbin jami'ai takwas na kakar wasan 2015. Sarah Thomas za ta zama mace ta farko da za ta yi aiki na cikakken lokaci a hukumar kwallon kafa ta NFL bayan ta yi aikin alkalin wasa a kwaleji. Thomas ya kasance a cikin jerin NFL na masu yanke hukunci kuma an saita shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin sabbin alƙalai takwas. Thomas tana da tarihin yin fice tun lokacin da ta fara aikinta a shekarar 1999. Farawa a matakin makarantar sakandare, za ta ci gaba da zama mace ta farko da za ta yi hukunci a filin wasa na Big Ten da kuma wasan kwano. 'Tana da halin kirki da halin kirki da kuma jin dadin wasan,' wata majiya ta gaya wa The Baltimore Sun. 'Ta san dokoki kuma ta fahimci yadda za a yi amfani da su a cikin ruhun dokoki. Wannan ya bambanta ta, namiji ko mace.' 'Na fara yin wannan kuma na shiga cikin yin hukunci ba tare da sanin cewa babu mata da ke yin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ba,' in ji Thomas ga NFL Network. 'Kasancewa tsohuwar 'yar wasan kwando, ka ga mata suna yin hukunci a kowane lokaci. Saboda haka, a'a, ba na jin kamar majagaba.' A shekara ta 2012, an dauki Shannon Eastin aiki a lokacin da aka kulle shi kuma ya kasance mai hukunci a lokacin wasan kakar wasa tsakanin Green Bay Packers da St Louis Rams. Ba a ɗauke ta aiki na dindindin ba, duk da haka.
An nada Thomas a matsayin daya daga cikin sabbin alkalin wasa takwas na kakar 2015. Matar aure mai'ya'ya'ya uku tana gudanar da wasannin kwaleji a kai a kai. Thomas ita ce mace ta farko da ta yi hukunci a wasan NCAA a shekarar 2007. Ta kuma shafe lokaci a cikin shirin ci gaban NFL don jami'ai.