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Has there ever been a female ref / umpire / official in a major league sport?

3:44 AM · Jun 10, 2017Twitter for iPhone

Rochelle Rugelach

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Yes! espn.com/nfl/story/_/id

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Badass 👏🏽

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Joseph Wilkinson

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Yeah, the NBA had one for awhile. She might still work in the NBA.

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Yup. femaleofficialshistory.weebly.com

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Violet Palmer is one of the better NBA refs. I think there are 2 or 3 women reffing in the NBA

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Yep, but not even a handful—from what I recall.

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Hannes Bretschneider

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The Bundesliga just nominated a female referee for the first time.

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Spurs have the first female assistant coach in the NBA which is also very cool.

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Yes! Look up Bibiana Steinhaus, but her break is only just starting.

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NFL

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