Maia Chaka will be the first Black woman to join the league’s on-field officiating staff next season. She will join Sarah Thomas as the only women to officiate an NFL game.Maia Chaka will become the first Black female on-field official in NFL history, the league announced on Friday.
"It gives those girls an opportunity to see, 'OK, I can see my teacher works with people who don't look like her, and maybe it gives me an opportunity to work with people who don't look like me also,'" Chaka told ESPN.Line Judge Maia Chaka during a game between LA Wildcats and Tampa Bay Vipers at Dignity Health Sports Park during an XFL game, March 8, 2020, in Carson, Calif.
"As we celebrate Women's History Month, Maia is a trailblazer as the first Black female official and inspires us toward normalizing women on the football field," NFL Vice President Troy Vincent said in a statement.Referee Maia Chaka officiates while the Salt Lake Stallions and the San Diego Fleet play in the Alliance of American Football game at SDCCU Stadium, March 9, 2019, in San Diego, Calif.
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Sorry women will never be able to compete in sports again
Really disappointed in the NFL’s decision here. There have been many other deserving LGBTQ referees who have been passed over so that normal people can get hired. The NFL has made some progress with social justice but not nearly enough. LGBTQ
Good for her. Why is it important, I have no idea. But she can’t be any worse than half the officials calling a game anyway. But remember, it’s not racist to yell at her for making a shitty call.
That’s good news! But why now? As long as she’s qualified, race & gender shouldn’t matter.
As long as she is the best person and most qualified for the job GREAT! If not then ,, well ,,, ummmm .....,
Wonderful!!!
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Nice ass cheeks
Great just as no one watches the sport anymore...
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Now that more women are being included among officials I might start watching more professional football.
How many MAGA white supremacist evangelicals do you know who have adopted a baby of color in need of a home? I thought so. Not so important after they are born are they? At least to MAGA white supremacist evangelicals.
More racism
Gender equality only means a race to the bottom. We see it in sports and on the labor market. Football is the residue of our barbaric pagan past; the ball symbolizes a severed head of an indigenous enemy. Football should be outlawed.
Maybe they can hire me as the first person to care
Was she the most qualified or was this a token hire? That's the problem in today's world. She may be the most qualified but because we put gender and color in the conversation, we will never truly know. You can thank the librial left narrative for this one!
It’s time for the guys to stay home and watch the tele and the women work!
You could've just said female.
Chaka Laka laka laka!
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Well done all the best keep head high
Getting a portion based on your sex and race and not qualifications must make her feel good
Yes! Yes! Yes!!!!! Go ladies!!!
Thank God. 🙄
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😂😂 token _ _ _ _ _
It's the nfl who cares !
Hey ABC! What's more important her skills or her color? ABC's choice is COLOR since it makes for headlines.
What are her credentials as a human being and a human mind?
Gender racist reporting
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Waiting for the first trans official
Wats up wit the first I don’t get it wat the NFL was discriminating against women
Good to hear! Best wishes👍You go girl!😍
That's good,competency doesn't depend on skin colour but rather it depend on how developed the brain is. selection based on skin colour is nothing but illiteracy in the 21st century because black and white depends on just the concentration of melanin in our skin
As long as she's terrible just like every other NFL ref, it's all good.
A win for the TheAAF
Well make it one love with one mind
why not a whole crew of women with one irrelevant line judge man
Great, regardless of color or gender. Hire her cos she is a good referee. The rest is irrelevant
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