The NFL Has Hired It’s First Full-Time Female Referee [VIDEO]

There will be a woman on the field of some NFL games this season as the league announces the hiring of it's first full-time female referee.

I think I now know what I want to be when I grow up!

Her name is Sarah Thomas and she just might be my new hero. Honestly the thought that there weren't any female referees never really crossed my mind. You see so many guys on the field, a few more in striped shirts never really registered to me. But the new female referee has my interest piqued!

Thomas started her officiating career at the high school level in Mississippi and about six years ago joined the NFL’s Officiating Development Program. She's worked some New Orleans Saints training camps and last August officiated an NFL preseason game.

This year she moves up to regular season games according to Sports Illustrated.

Thomas told the NFL Network that she doesn't feel like a pioneer and did not face any resistance from others while in the development program.

No word on what game she'll make her debut in, but she has definitely got me thinking about a new career! How awesome would it be to actually be right on the field in the action of an NFL game? (Admittedly, I might be too star struck to be any good at this job!)