Sarah Thomas has gotten widespread support, as she prepares to go to work as the NFL’s first full-time game official.
But one of the highest-ranking females in league history hopes she hears it from fans immediately.
Former Raiders executive Amy Trask wrote for TheMMQB.com that the true measure of equality will come when she’s badgered and hounded the way every other official in the NFL is.
“When Sarah Thomas throws a flag she shouldn’t have thrown—which she will, as all officials do—she should be booed,” Trask wrote. “When Sarah Thomas fails to throw a flag she should have—which she will, as all officials do—she should be booed.