why are there no female referees?
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Same reason for gender disparity in most jobs. It is a job that interests much more people of one gender than the other. The amount of males that want to be referees vastly outnumbers the amount of females who do, and there are very few available spots for NFL officials.
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There are 145 trainers in the NFL. Currently, six of them are women. ... In 1997, the Pittsburgh Steelers became the first team to hire a female athletic training intern in the NFL.
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There isn't a professional league, but there are three 11-on-11 full-contact women's amateur leagues in the U.S. And the women's game has expanded significantly in the last two decades. ... Hamlin is one of about 4,000 women who play tackle football in the U.S.
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Establishing equal pay in sport, well – it's a powerful statement in one of the most unfair fields that women are, quite literally, as valuable as men, their effort as valuable as men's effort. Equal pay for female athletes also helps fix a self-perpetuating cycle of inequality within the industry.
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Sarah Thomas makes history as first female referee at NFL playoff game. ... In 2007, she was the first woman to work a major college football game. In 2015, she became the first full-time female referee in the NFL.
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Most leagues play by the same rules as their male counterparts, with one exception: women's leagues use a slightly smaller football. ... Very few high schools or colleges offer the sport solely for women and girls; however, on occasion, it is permissible for a female player to join an otherwise male team.
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In the latest round, 119 QCs were appointed: 87 of them men and 32 women. There is gender parity when lawyers first become barristers, but this tails off as they progress at the bar.
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On April 8, 2015, the NFL officially announced that Thomas would become the first permanent female official in NFL history. ... Thomas is the first woman to earn an on-field assignment for a playoff game. She was named to the crew for the game between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Chargers on January 13, 2019.
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Currently only 5% of the 830 certified agents are female, according to the NFLPA, but the 41 women with active certification represents a roughly 50% increase since 2010. Of the current group, 21 had a client signed to an NFL contract in 2017.
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U.S. Soccer argues that paying its female players less than its male players is justified because of inherent physiological differences between men and women in things like skeletal structure, muscle composition, heart and lung capacity, and even "the absolute ability to process carbohydrates." The filing references an ...
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"It's not true football. The girls in the LFL aren't wearing mandatory equipment as stated by the NCAA (American regulators), so there's a safety issue. There is room for women to play the sport – the true sport. But the LFL is merely entertainment," he said.
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If everyone can see them, including the opposing teams, then they are BAD calls! The players, coaches, owners are all held accountable for their actions and the referees should not be any different. If it is conclusive a bad call was made the referee should be fined and that fine donated to a charity.
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Male reporters ARE allowed in the locker rooms of female athletes. ... Some have suggested that male athletes are being deprived of their right to privacy by allowing female journalists into their changing room. They're not.
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There is no team officially. But world governing body for American football associations, the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), held the first ever Women's World Cup in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2010.
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No. Historically, only men have been eligible for the draft. But the question of whether to register women has gained traction in recent years, as women have taken on broader roles within the military.
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There were no female pilots in the RAF in WW2 but I worked in the Fight Sheds at an aircraft factory and the women ATA pilots delivered and collected Mustangs, Harvards, Lancasters and Halifax bombers. Brit bombers were all single pilot so the girls had no trouble delivering Lancasters etc.
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U.S. Soccer has said that any pay differences between the women's and men's teams are due to their separate collective-bargaining agreements and aren't based on gender. ... In their suit, the women allege U.S. Soccer has violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act.