In the NFL, these women are making a power play for change April 30, 2021
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
(NEW YORK) On NFL pro days, athletes from colleges across the country perform their best in front of NFL representatives in hopes of getting drafted into the league. But in a sport that’s dominated by men, during pro day at Oklahoma State University earlier this month, it was a woman who took center stage.
Kelli Masters, an NFL agent, is paving the road for more women to enter the $16 billion football industry. She was at Oklahoma State University to watch her client, NFL prospect Tylan Wallace, perform drills from the sidelines.
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NFL Hires First Black Woman Referee
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Published March 10, 2021
Maia Chaka knows well that Women’s History Month is all about commemorating, observing, and celebrating the vital role of the fairer sex in American folklore.
She just didn’t know she would become a part of that history.
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After years of officiating games in the Pac-12, Conference USA, and the NFL’s Officiating Development Program, Chaka will head to the NFL in the Fall.
When she takes the field in September, the Norfolk State University graduate and health and physical education teacher will do so as the first Black woman to work as a referee in the NFL.