Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E ai ki ngā pūrongo, kua whakaritea te NFL ki te utu i a Sarah Thomas hei kaitohutohu wāhine tuatahi mō ngā kēmu o te wā auau. Ko te whaea o nga tamariki tokotoru 42-tau-tau mai i Mississippi kua whakahaere i nga keemu o mua i te waa hei kaiwhakawa raina. Ko Aaron Wilson o te Baltimore Sun i pakaru i te korero, me te NFL e kore e whakaae ki te whakaingoatanga. I kii te Los Angeles Times ko Thomas tetahi o nga kaiwhakawa hou e waru mo te tau 2015. Kua whakaritea a Sarah Thomas hei kaitohutohu wāhine wā-katoa tuatahi o te NFL i muri i tana whakawātea i ngā kēmu o te whare wānanga. I runga a Thomas i te rārangi o te NFL o ngā tūmanako whakawātea, ā, kua whakaritea kia whakaingoatia hei tētahi o ngā kaiwhakawa hou e waru. He hitori a Thomas mo te ara whakamua mai i te tiimata o tana mahi kaiwhakawa i te 1999. I te timatanga o te taumata kura tuarua, ka noho ia hei wahine tuatahi hei kaiwhakawa i te papaanga Big Ten me te keemu peihana. 'Kei a ia te āhua tika me te whakaaro, me te whakaaro hoki ki te kēmu,' i kī mai tētahi pūtake ki The Baltimore Sun. E mōhio ana ia ki ngā ture, e mōhio ana hoki ki te whakamahi i a rātou i runga i te wairua o ngā ture. Koia ia i motuhake ai, ahakoa he tane, he wahine rānei.' 'I whakatakotoria e ahau ki te mahi i tenei me te uru atu ki te whakahaere i te kore whakaaro kaore he wahine e whakahaere ana i te whutupaoro,' i kii a Thomas ki te NFL Network. I te mea he kaitākaro poitūkohu o mua koe, i kite koe i ngā wāhine e whakahaere ana i ngā wā katoa. Nō reira, kāore, kāore au i te pai ki te paionia.' I te tau 2012, i utua a Shannon Eastin i te wa o te aukati i te whakawakanga, a, ko ia te kaiwhakawa raina i te wa o te whakataetae o te wa kati i waenga i te Green Bay Packers me te St Louis Rams. Heoi anō, kāore ia i whakawhiwhia ki te mahi pūmau.
Kua whakaritea kia whakaingoatia a Thomas hei tētahi o ngā kaiwhakawa hou e waru mō te tau 2015. Ko te whaea marena o nga tamariki tokotoru kua whakahaere i nga keemu o te whare wānanga. Ko Thomas te wahine tuatahi i whakahaere i tētahi kēmu NCAA i te tau 2007. Kua noho ia ki te hōtaka whanaketanga a te NFL mō ngā kaiwhakahaere.