She may be a woman, and may be a lesbian, but I dare say that she is knowledgeable about soccer. If she can speak well extemporaneously and describe the game, she is qualified to do the job.
If she makes the job about promoting herself and her lifestyle, she is unqualified.
However, ESPN is managed by idiots in either case - but that isn’t related to this specific act.
Firing Schilling based on a logical meme while hiring a person (In a Cultural Marxist protected class) who was busted for a DUI recently creates an optic that screams “agenda or bust”.
She is knowledgeable about soccer, the sport invented for people paralyzed from the waist up, and a sport most Americans have no interest in.