Woman to officiate an NFL game for the first time ever
Photographer: WEWS
Posted: 08/07/2012
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Shannon Eastin will become the first female to officiate an NFL game when she works the Green Bay at San Diego preseason match Thursday night.
The regular NFL officials have been locked out by the league.
Eastin is a college referee who has worked in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (FCS division). She is one of the replacement officials hired by the NFL.
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