LAT Columnist Questions NFL Female Referee Sideshow
Away from the glorious glare of the London Summer Olympics, one of this week’s other big sports stories is the scheduled appearance on the San Diego Chargers field tomorrow night of the first-ever female NFL game referee. Her name is Shannon Eastin and such has been the media interest that a conference call was held with reporters on Tuesday.
Sam Farmer, NFL beat writer for the LA Times, leads off his take with a great first sentence – ‘Shannon Eastin is an accidental pioneer.’
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