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Reports: NFL hires first female official
NEW ORLEANS, LA - AUGUST 16: Line judge Sarah Thomas, takes the field for a preseason game between the Oakland Raiders and the New Orleans Saints at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on August 16, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints won 28-20. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
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The glass ceiling of the National Football League has apparently been fully broken.
Sarah Thomas has been hired as the first full-time female official in the NFL, The Baltimore Sun is reporting.
Aaron Wilson, a reporter for the Baltimore Sun posted this tweet this morning.
NBC Sports said that Thomas has been officiating at the college level over the past few years and has worked camps and preseason games.
Shannon Eastin was the first to be on the field during a game. She worked when referees were locked out, and replacements were called in.
Thomas, according to Sports Illustrated, is from Mississippi and began her officiating career in high school.
She was the first woman to officiate a bowl game in 2009.
