{"id":1169,"date":"2021-03-05T14:17:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T19:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2021-03-05T14:18:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T19:18:02","slug":"maia-chaka-becomes-the-nfls-first-black-female-referee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/maia-chaka-becomes-the-nfls-first-black-female-referee\/","title":{"rendered":"Maia Chaka Becomes The NFL&#8217;s First Black Female Referee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maia Chaka just capped off Black History Month and started off Women&#8217;s History Month the right way. By making history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This morning on &#8220;The Today Show&#8221;, the NFL announced that they hired Chaka as a game official for the 2021 season. This means she is now the first Black woman on the league&#8217;s on-field officiating staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI just never thought the day would come.\u201d<br><br>Virginia teacher Maia Chaka joins us to talk about making <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFL<\/a> history by being named the league\u2019s first Black female official. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/snZ3tdUZJc\">pic.twitter.com\/snZ3tdUZJc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/1367823807952674820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It didn&#8217;t really hit me until just now when I saw the introduction,&#8221; Chaka told <em>TODAY<\/em>. &#8220;I&#8217;m like, this is really real. This is something that we&#8217;re always taught to work hard for and sometimes we just don&#8217;t take time to stop and smell our own roses. And I&#8217;ve just been grinding for so long in this. It&#8217;s an honor to be able to join the National Football League.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chaka began her career officiating high school games in 2006. She moved on to the college level with Conference USA before joining crews from the Pac-12 and the XFL. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I am honored to be selected as an NFL official,&#8221; said Chaka in a statement. &#8220;But this moment is bigger than a personal accomplishment. It is an accomplishment for all women, my community, and my culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chaka joins Sarah Thomas as the only female NFL game officials. But these two made history together before. 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