Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E ai ki tētahi pūrongo, kua whakawhiwhia e te National Football League tana kaiwhakawā wahine tuatahi, ko Sarah Thomas. Ko Thomas, 42, he kaiwhakawa mo te Huihuinga Whutupaoro o Amerika, kua whakaarohia i mua mo tetahi tuunga i te NFL i mua i tana whiriwhiringa ki te tiimata i te riiki a te tau e whai ake nei, i tukuna e te kairipoata o Baltimore a Aaron Wilson i runga i tana kaute Twitter. Kua whakawakia e ia nga keemu o mua, nga scrimmages me nga minicamps i muri i tana whakauru ki te kaupapa whakangungu a te NFL mai i te 2013. Ko Sarah Thomas, 42-tau te pakeke, he whaea tokotoru mai i Brandon, Mississippi, kua kiia kua tohua hei wahine tuatahi hei utu hei kaiwhakawa NFL wa-katoa. I runga ake nei e whakahaere ana ia i tētahi kēmu o mua o te tau o New Orleans Saints. Ko te Kaunihera o Amerika te wahine tuatahi ki te whakahaere i te kēmu FBS i te tau 2007 me te tuatahi ki te whakahaere i te kēmu pounamu i te tau 2009. Kaore te NFL i whakapumautia te utu a Thomas i te Paraire, e kii ana i roto i tetahi korero: 'Ko te raarangi 2015 o nga apiha kaore ano kia oti. Ka rite ana, ka panuitia ngā rangatira hou mō te tau 2015 me te rārangi katoa". Ka uru a Thomas ki roto i ngā kaituku hou e waru mō te tau 2015, e ai ki tētahi pūtake e tata ana ki te take ki te LA Times. He Brandon, Mississippi, taketake, i takaro a Thomas i te poitūkohu i te Whare Wananga o Mobile i mua i te tiimata i te whakahaere i muri i tana tae atu ki tetahi hui me tana tuakana. 'I korerotia mai e ia ki a au, he tokomaha nga kaumātua e noho ana i reira. A, tērā pea ka whiwhi au i ētahi tirohanga kē,' i kī atu ia ki te Hattiesburg American i te tau kua hipa. 'I taku taenga atu ki taua hui, i tino pono ka tupu.' I whakahaeretia e ia te poitūkohu me te whutupaoro kura tuarua i mua i tana neke atu ki te kaareti, ka noho ko ia te wahine tuatahi ki te whakahaere i tetahi keemu FBS i te 2007 me te tuatahi ki te whakahaere i tetahi keemu peihana i te 2009. 'Ko te mea, kaore au i whakatakoto kia waiho hei tuatahi, kaore ano kia rereke,' i kii ia i te tau 2013. 'E mahi ana ahau i tēnei nā te mea e aroha ana ahau ki a ia.' E kii ana te whaea o nga tamariki tokotoru i tana angitu i roto i nga hakinakina na te mea i whakatipuhia ia me nga tuakana. Ko te tangata whenua o Mississippi i timata ki te whakahaere i muri i tana tae atu ki tetahi hui me tana tuakana, me te whakawhetai ki tona whanau ki te awhina ia ia ki te angitu i roto i te...
Kua whakawakia e Thomas he kēmu o mua, he whawhai me nga puni iti. Ko ia te wahine tuatahi ki te whakahaere i tētahi kēmu pounamu i te whutupaoro wānanga. Ko Shannon Eastin, he kaiwhakawā whakakapi, i whakahaere i te kēmu i te wā o te whakakorenga o te tau 2012. Mā te utu ka riro te NFL hei reanga hākinakina nui tuarua me te wāhine rangatira.