Cardinals Add First Female Coach

Elias

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Respectfully disagree.

The NFL has been reaching out, to the almost pristine female market, for quite some time. Finding a competent women, to do a good job, is critical in tapping into that immense market. Women do a lot of spending.

The Jets Jackie Davidson is an excellent example of that. She's the cap "guy" now. Has a great rep, and seems to be doing a good job in structuring contracts. Could very well be at some time a candidate for a GM position.

If She's good enough, no problem. She's paid her dues

As long as shes not the Jets. No more cap guys as GM lol
 

HYATT™

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CIN is a family affair and by all accounts, Katie Blackburn, (daughter of Owner Mike Brown and sister to Pete Jr.), is one hella Executive VP.
Any reasonable person would have to agree, they've done a bang-up job of signing and acquiring talent, other than a franchise QB, over the past 5 years or so.

Currently she is the only NFL female acting GM, (CIN doesn't have an actual GM), doing all of the work that normal GMs do AND she's deeply involved in player acquisitions as well.
There is currently only one female owner in the NFL: Denise DeBartolo-York of the San Francisco 49ers.

71 women occupy positions with teams or the league office at the vice president level or above, but only a handful of those women are strictly on the so-called football side.
Notably, past and present, were/are:
Jeanne Bonk, current CFO of the San Diego Chargers.
Hannah Gordon, director of legal affairs for the 49ers.
Dawn Aponte, Miami Dolphins VP of football administration.
Jacqueline Davidson, Jets Manager of Football Administration.

Amy Trask, former CEO to Dead Al Davis, stepped down in 2013 after 27 years, to take an ESPN analyst job.
Linda Bogdan, (former Bills owner Ralph Wilson's daughter), was the only active female scout in the league at the time of her death from cancer in 2009. She was 61.
Before Linda Bogdsan there was Connie Carberg, (her father was the Jets team physician), who began work with the Jets as the receptionist for the scouting department, then became the NFL's first female scout from 1976-1980.
She made the Jets final pick in each draft.
There are about 5 women who have broken into the ranks of being agents for NFL players.


But Mrs. Blackburn is a female pioneer in the field of player contracts, several agents say. She's the only woman who's got a seat at that table.
Along with Mike's son Paul Jr., his brother, Pete Brown, (Katie's uncle), she is heavily involved in the scouting and drafting of players.
Katie is the designated heir to Mike Brown and will take over the entire operation of the Bengals when he steps down.
 
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HYATT™;44131 said:
CIN is a family affair and by all accounts, Katie Blackburn, (daughter of Owner Mike Brown and sister to Pete Jr.), is one hella Executive VP.
Any reasonable person would have to agree, they've done a bang-up job of signing and acquiring talent, other than a franchise QB, over the past 5 years or so.

Currently she is the only female acting GM, (CIN doesn't have an actual GM), doing all of the work that normal GMs do AND she's deeply involved in player acquisitions as well.
Along with Mike's son Paul Jr., his brother, Pete Brown, (Katie's uncle), she is heavily involved in the scouting and drafting of players.
Katie is the designated heir to Mike Brown and will take over the entire operation of the Bengals when he steps down.


Hell, Leon Hess' daughter could have done that. After all, she's the one that alerted Leon to the fact that Rich Kotite was available.
 

BlindsideD'Brick

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I guess I'll be the 1st male chauvinist on the board, but I'm not thrilled about a girl coaching in the NFL. I don't have a problem with NFL officials, but a chick coaching LB's, give me a break ! I prefer coaches that have played the position they are coaching.

It pisses me off to see all these girls taking over ESPN. If I want to look @ a beautiful girl, I'll look @ my wife. I don't need some blond fox telling me about the NFL or MLB. My wife feels the same way, and so do most of my sports minded friends.

Go Jets...Cyborg

It's not just ESPN. Cable News networks, Weather Channels, local news, also participate in the "sex sells" industry for ratings. The dresses have gotten tighter, shorter, and more revealing just about everywhere. Now, I'm not necessarily complaining with some of these hotties, but I know full well what they're doing as a network.
 
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