Sarah Thomas will become the NFL’s first permanent woman official, according to a person “familiar” with her hiring who spoke to USA Today. Thomas worked as a line judge during preseason games and the New Orleans Saints minicamp last year and will start her new job during the 2015 season. "If I am there permanently next year as a full-time official it would just be tremendous,'' Thomas told USA TODAY last June. "I've always said as far as breaking the gender barrier, you never set out to do that.''
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