are there any female referees in the premier league?
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As the Premier League's top referees and assistant referees meet for a training camp at St George's Park - the Football Association's national football centre - Massey-Ellis is the only female in the group of 45.
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The referee enforces the laws of the game, awarding free-kicks if there is any foul play and keeping a check on the time. The ref can also postpone, stop, suspend or call off a match if there are weather or crowd problems.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two former NFL players are among the six new officials for the upcoming NFL season. ... The other first-year officials are side judges Dave Hawkshaw and Jimmy Russell, down judge Patrick Holt and line judge Tripp Sutter. Referees Walt Coleman, John Parry and Pete Morelli retired after last season.
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The lawsuit was part of a years-long battle between the USWNT and U.S. Soccer regarding equal pay and gender equality. In 2016, five of the team's players filed a complaint over unequal pay and bonuses with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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As of the 2019–20 season, there are twelve teams playing in professional leagues in London, five play in the Premier League and seven in the Football League.
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Since the start of the Premier League in 1992, seven clubs have never faced the drop: Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. However, there are no English clubs currently in existence that have never been relegated from the country's top division.
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Trailblazing NBA Women Coaches. “Basketball is a genderless sport. The ball has no difference whether a man's holding it or a woman's holding it,” said Becky Hammon, who was named as an assistant coach for Gregg Popovich's Spurs in 2014, becoming the first woman to hold a full-time coaching position in the NBA.
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Schroeder was promoted Tuesday by the NBA to full-time official status, making her the fourth woman on the league's current referee roster and the sixth in league history. ... She joins Lauren Holtkamp-Sterling, Ashley Moyer-Gleich and Natalie Sago as the women on the NBA's current referee list.
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Since then, many women have held executive positions in business and financial areas of Major League Baseball. However, there have not been many women who have become player personnel.
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On 15 November 2018, Premier League teams voted in principle to bring Video Assistant Referees to the Premier League from the 2019–20 season onwards pending approval of IFAB and FIFA; this comes after a controversial decision from referee Simon Hooper to disallow a goal scored by Southampton F.C.
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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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There are currently four women with full-time NFL team staff positions, and there have been six temporary hires in the league. But only one woman is employed full-time as a coach at the DI collegiate level. “The feeder program in a college is strictly male because of the experience,” Brownson says.
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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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The NBA has been around for more than 70 years. It's only now getting its 6th female referee. Referee Jenna Schroeder on the court during an NBA preseason game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Washington Wizards on October 13.
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As of the 2018–19 season, 49 teams have played in the Premier League. Forty-seven are based in England and two (Cardiff City and Swansea City) are located in Wales; they play in the English football league system for practical and historical reasons.
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There is only one woman currently playing in the Overwatch League, the game's highest level of competition. Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon of the Shanghai Dragons was accused of cheating by multiple professional male players prior to her Overwatch League debut.
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A match referee earn £1,500 per match fees in the Premier league. Senior officials having years of experienced in premier league offered contracts and earn basic salary (£70,000).