TURKEY FLASH! — We interrupt this perfectly fine Monday afternoon of this first Penn State practice to bring you this shocking news from the folks at the NFL.
A woman will be part of the officiating crew for the first time in this Thursday night’s exhibition game between the Packers and the Chargers. Shannon Eastin is da broad’s name.
Don’t get too worried, though. This is just the league’s way of demonstrating to the permanent officials that they can keep the lockout going as long as they feel like, even employing this drastic maneuver to rub it in.
Bleacher Report stated:
Some officials are not warm to the idea. Nine officials were asked to return their company-issued laptops back to the league after not wanting to train a woman to take their spot.
Eastin, which sounds like a made-up name because it is too close to Sheena Easton, has reportedly officiated games in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, whatever that is. The MEAC? Too close to MEOW. They made that up, too.
I like my NFL officials to have a Y chromosome.
I’m concerned for her life, if she has to dive into a pile to determine possession of a fumbled ball.
Go ahead, call me a misogynist. I can’t wait to watch her.
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BigAl says
The MEAC is a 1-AA football conference of historically black colleges such as Morgan State, Howard, and Delaware State. So I’m guessing Shannon probably counts twice on the NFL’s affirmative action statistics.
The Nittany Turkey says
Good guess, but no cigar. You can find a picture of her here.
—TNT
Lizzie says
Maybe she is built like a brick back house — kind of like those female weight lifters in the Olympics — so she may have no trouble fighting her way into the pile up. On the other hand if she is tiny she can slip through the cracks to get to the ball. No pun intended. It might all work out after all. Your misogynistic fears may be for naught. Let me know how it all works out.
The Nittany Turkey says
I found her picture. See my response to BigAl above. She appears to be non-muscle-bound, but I can’t tell how big she is.
Hmm, in Canada, an outhouse is a back house?
—TNT
Lizzie says
Saw the pix. She’ll be a slip through cracks type. Yes, up here in the bush we call them back houses but out house will do as well. When I was a kid we called the one at our first cottage “the Pee House by the August Moon.” I used to love it as it was a two holer and my friend and I solved a lot of higher level problems in that tea house.
The Nittany Turkey says
I almost censored that, given all the “slipping through the cracks,” “up in the bush,” and “the pee house of the August moon.” But I digress…
—TNT
Jo says
you’re a misogynist.
The Nittany Turkey says
you’re an XYophobe.
The Nittany Turkey says
I’m also a misanthrope. I’m an equal opportunity disdainer of all genders. I like to pick on women because they sometimes amuse me with emotional, hysterical responses. LOL
—TNT