Girl Refs

Girl refs and coaches for boy sports has been a heavy topic recently in the sports world. People are contemplating whether or not women should be allowed to coach and ref male athletics. Shannon Eastin was interviewed before this present football season about her thoughts on finally being able to ref an NFL football game. She was finally given the opportunity to be the line judge during an upcoming preseason game between the packers and chargers. During the summer training camps she was attending the Seattle Seahawks training camp and she said all the guys we're extremely supportive and nice to her. She said they joked with her and said she's just one of the guys. As she was visiting the Arizona Cardinals training camp she said they were also very kind, and just wanted to support her and told her to do them proud and that all eyes our on her so she needs to do good. She said coaches have been pretty wonderful throughout her years but she has seen chauvinism in her career. If a call doesn't go there way they will automatically blame her because she's a female. she is really looking forward to being apart of this great moment and opportunity in the NFL. she knows it will be a lot of pressure and could get tough at time but she said that's just part of the job, and she is very accepting of it.