Maia Chaka becomes first Black woman official in NFL history

BY ZOE CHRISTEN JONES via https://www.cbsnews.com/

The first time Maia Chaka fell in love with football, she wasn’t even sure what the sport was. 

As a child, she loved to go outside and toss a football around with her younger brother. This eventually led to her playing football with the boys in her neighborhood and grew to a full-fledged passion for the game in her teens.

But when Chaka couldn’t find a tackle football team in high school that would accept girls, she switched to other sports. It wasn’t until her college years at Norfolk State University that she rediscovered her love for the game in a new way: officiating. 

Armed with a bachelor’s in education, Chaka took a major leap and started two careers at…

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