The referees Natalie Sago y Jenna Schroeder made history this Monday by becoming the first two women to judge an NBA game together, by whistling in the game played by the Orlando Magic and the Charlotte Hornets.
The referee trio completed it Sean Wright, who acted as head judge, while Sago served as first referee and Schroeder second.
Sago y Schroeder They’ve worked together before when they were part of three-woman teams in the G League, but at the NBA level it’s the first.
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The NBA he has used 76 referees so far this season; seven are women, the most in league history.
The list tops it Lauren Holtkamp-Sterling, Ashley Moyer-Gleich, Simone Jelks, Danielle Scott, Dannica Mosher, Sago y Schroeder.
Scott y Mosher They are not members of the regular staff who work games regularly, the other five are full-time members of the NBA umpire roster.
Tonight in Orlando marks the first time that two female referees will officiate the same NBA game. NBA referees Natalie Sago and Jenna Schroeder will be part of the officiating crew, along with Sean Wright. pic.twitter.com/G7hMoj48Tv
– NBA (@NBA) January 26, 2021
The original schedule also planned for another refereeing team to be formed with two women on the list later this week, but it has had to be modified.
Both referees admitted that they do not lose sight of the fact that their participation in the match together comes amid a wave of historic days for women, in the world of sports and other spheres of the country’s political, social and economic life.
Sarah thomas will be the first woman to be part of the referee team of the Super Bowl LV, which will be played on February 7 between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
While the young Sarah Fuller She made headlines last college football season as a Vanderbilt kicker, her first in the competition’s history.
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