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LaVoi comments on first female NFL official

Nicole M. LaVoiTonight Shannon Eastin becomes the first woman ever to officiate an NFL game. In a KARE-11 televised interview, Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, associate director for the Tucker Center and faculty in the School of Kinesiology, comments that this milestone is "very important for breaking gender stereotypes."

Watch the segment here.


Posted by Jonathan Sweet on August 9, 2012 10:53 AM |

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It's about time the NFL hired a woman to do something other than stand on the sidelines and cheer!!

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