article_snippet.sent: the NFL is set to hire Thomas as the NFL first permanent female official for regular season games, according to reports.
article_snippet.sent: The married mother-of-three has officiated pre-season games as a line judge.
article_snippet.sent: Thomas is set to become the NFL's first full-time female official after refereeing college games .
article_snippet.sent: Starting at high school level, Thomas would go on to become the first woman to referee in a Big Ten stadium and a bowl game. '
article_snippet.sent: I set out to do this and get involved in officiating not having any idea that there were not any females officiating football,' Thomas told NFL Network. '
article_snippet.sent: Being a former basketball player, you saw female officiating all the time.
highlights_snippet.sent: The married mother-of-three has regularly officiated college games .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Thomas was the first woman to officiate an NCAA game  in 2007 .
  