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Minnesota Vikings make a historic call
Mark Sappenfield
The Minnesota Vikings just did something no team in the National Football League has ever done. They have asked to interview a woman to become their general manager.聽
Catherine Ra卯che is already the highest-ranking woman in America鈥檚 premier football league. She is the vice president of football operations for the Philadelphia Eagles. Before that, she was the director of football administration for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.聽
If chosen by the Vikings, Ms. Ra卯che would not be the first female general manager in NFL history. In the early 1980s, Eagles鈥� owner Leonard Tose chose his daughter, Susan Tose Spencer, to run the team for three years. She played a key role in rescuing the team from financial ruin.聽
But Ms. Ra卯che does represent a rising tide for female coaches and executives in America鈥檚 four major sports, as our Kendra Nordin Beato wrote in her 鈥淏reaking grass ceilings鈥� cover story last year. Two years ago, Major League Baseball鈥檚 Miami Marlins hired Kim Ng as their general manager, paving the way for the NFL and others to follow.
In one of her most recent tweets, Ms. Ra卯che highlighted that 鈥渢here are now 130+ women working in the 鈥榝ootball side鈥� of NFL teams鈥� from administration to personnel to analytics. The hashtag?
