Posted on 08/09/2012 11:03:34 AM PDT by Bender2
Shannon Eastin to Become First Female NFL Referee
By Eliza Murphy | ABC News Blogs Wed, Aug 8, 2012 6:43 AM EDT
Shannon Eastin is making history this week as the first woman to referee a National Football League game and she acknowledges that she is a bit of a pioneer.
"I would say probably most of the way, to some degree, yes. Even in my previous experience in judo, I did a lot of things that were first there," Eastin said in a news conference Tuesday.
Eastin, 42, will serve as the line judge in Thursday's pre-season game between the San Diego Chargers and the Green Bay Packers.
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Not too bad... not too bad at all--
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Okay, okay, campers, back to basics and "Are you ready... for some football!!!!"
Before I get too tanked up, here are my picks... for this first full weekend of NFL Pre-Season Football:
Now, Bendy, shouldn't you first ask... who President Ford would pick to win?
Gadzooks, no way! He's been out of office so long... his flicks are used as filler for the Mark Cuban's Soccer Channel--
Tonight's games... will go like this:
Washington 9 at Buffalo 35 as over-hyped... find his tail well stomped by buffalo hoofprints--
New Orleans 10 at New England 27 as Drew Brees finds that Roger Goodell's slow burn... thousand yard and a half stare has the fix in--
Pittsburgh 27 at Philadelphia 17: Old Philly Vick may have a new product endorsement... but the Stoolers have a new diet... too!
Baltimore 21 at Atlanta 17: Hey, Hitch likes them Dirty Byrds... and so do I--
Green Bay 21 at San Diego 17: Overjoyed is big with his Packs victory and his... new cheesebra--
Denver 3 at Chicago 20: Poor Old Peyton, Bear bit... first time out of the Bronc chute--
Friday finds Tampa Bay 17 at Miami 31: Have a Tampa Bay finds themselves up to their bucking ears... in Dolfin poop
NY Jets 35 at Cincinnati 21: Rex Ryan finds his foot fetish fulfilled by a runnin' gunnin'... nakked to the waist Tebow--
Cleveland 28 at Detroit 27: Brown Stains in a quandary as the Real McCoy... out plays both Weeden and the Motor City Loins--
NY Giants 12 at Jacksonville 25: Few Manning Light plays as he snaps, "Hey, I won my 2nd Super Bowl, so why... do I have to even play in these so-called exhibitions?"
Arizona 3 at Kansas City 28: Yes, my old Dallas Texans... romp and stomp!
Minnesota 6 at San Francisco 27: No joy in Viqueensland as the 69ers put in Nancy... "Mad Dog' Pelosi as the starting fullmouthback--
Saturday we find Allegra's Texicans 12 at Carolina 28: Sorry, Allegra, but... is hitting on all 12 cylinders--
Allegra's Old Earlers 24 at Seattle 9: No TO popcorn for the Looney Left Coast's 12th Rainmen... TO is ALL POPPED OUT--
Sunday we have St. Louis 27 at Indianapolis 17: Andrew finds no luck as them Saint Louie Ewes... gang up on his rookie debut--
Monday night my Boys will occupy Oakland 35-10 with... extreme prejudice!
Okay, I've given my picks... what is y'all's? come get this stick away from me!
Not you bender...
Yeah...but I seem to recall a female ref way back when. Players would pick up her flags for her.
Exactly. If she can do the job properly, she’s welcome to do it, as far as I’m concerned. I don’t care what whether or not it’s a man or woman, or what color their skin is, they’re there to do a job, and they’re either good at it or they’re not. Isn’t that all that matters?
Teary-eyed? There ain’t no cryin’ in football!
I guess that a women can be just a blind as a man can.
I guess that a women can be just a blind as a man can.
Sorry Bender! that was not meant for you
That is a problem when you post a story here- it tends to feel like people that are responding to the article are responding personally to you, and that was not what I meant to do
There are hundreds of male white Referees in the College ranks that are equally qualified if not more qualified than this woman. The NFL has a policy of hiring referees that a) Are black or of a minority b) Former NFL players or c) relatives of NFL players or referees. Speaking to some highly qualified College referees, the WASP referees said that the Minnesota Vikings will win the Super Bowl before any of them get hired into the NFL.
If you say... so, Bend--
Except as cheerleaders or lingerie bowl participants, chicks don’t belong in football.
Period.
That's all I have to say.
FMCDH(BITS)
Typical ABC, the headline is wrong. She's not a referee. A referee is just that, and wears a white hat. She's a line judge.
This is just more affirmative action. There are far more qualified refs in the college ranks.
This thread just shows that “conservatives” have accepted the pathology of “feminism”.
I can’t really root for her after reading this article:
The Refs tonight are complete unknowns. No Div. I, II or III college Refs are taking the chance. BTW, if she was a man she’d be called a Scab.
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