Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  NFL yakagadzirirwa kuhaya Sarah Thomas somutongi wayo wokutanga wechikadzi wenguva dzose wemitambo yemwaka wenguva dzose, maererano nemishumo. Amai vane vana vatatu vane makore 42 okuberekwa vokuMississippi vave vachitonga mitambo yokutanga mwaka semutongi anotonga. Aaron Wilson weBaltimore Sun akataura nhau yacho, neNFL ichiramba kusimbisa kugadzwa kwacho. Los Angeles Times yakashuma kuti Thomas achava mumwe wevatongi vatsva vasere nokuda kwemwaka wa2015. Sarah Thomas akagadzirirwa kuva mutongi wechikadzi wokutanga wenguva yakazara weNFL pashure pokutonga mitambo yekoreji. Thomas akanga ari paNFL's list of officiating prospects uye akagadzirirwa kunzi somumwe wevatongi vatsva vasere. Thomas ane nhoroondo yekugadzira nzira kubvira paakatanga basa rake rekutonga mu1999. Kutanga pamwero wechikoro chesekondari, aizopfuurira kuva mukadzi wokutanga kutonga munhandare yeBig Ten uye mumutambo webhodhi. 'Ane chimiro chendangariro chakakodzera nechimiro chendangariro nokunzwa nokuda kwomutambo wacho,' tsime rakadaro kuThe Baltimore Sun. 'Iye anoziva mitemo uye anonzwisisa nzira yokuishandisa nayo mumudzimu wemitemo. Ichocho chinomusiyanisa, angava murume kana kuti mukadzi.' 'Ndakatanga kuita izvi ndokubatanidzwa mukutonga ndisingazivi kuti kwakanga kusina vakadzi vaitonga nhabvu,' Thomas akaudza NFL Network. 'Sewaimbova mutambi webasketball, waiona vakadzi vachiperekedza nguva dzose. Naizvozvo, aiwa, handinzwi somapiona.' Muna 2012, Shannon Eastin akabhadharwa panguva yekurambidzwa kwekutonga uye aive mutongi wemutsara panguva yemutambo wenguva dzose pakati peGreen Bay Packers neSt Louis Rams. Zvisinei, haana kupiwa basa renguva dzose.
Thomas akagadzirirwa kudomwa somumwe wavatongi vatsva vasere nokuda kwemwaka wa 2015. Mukadzi akaroorwa, amai vane vana vatatu ave achitonga mitambo yekoreji nguva dzose. Thomas akanga ari mukadzi wokutanga kutonga mutambo weNCAA muna 2007. Akapedzawo nguva mupurogiramu yeNFL yokurovedza vatungamiriri.