Have a look at the list of female referees in the XFL 2023
The XFL is the first professional football league in the nation to have a higher-than-average proportion of female referees and officials, this represents a significant advancement for other leagues trying to hire more female officials.
XFL 2023 full list of female referees name list and referee salary per game
While the salary per game of a XFL referee isn’t known, according to Sporting News, the highest paid NFL refs make $250,000 annually and NFL referees on average usually make about $205,000 per year.
Whaley and executive vice president of football operations Marc Ross have meanwhile pitched agents on deals that would pay players $5,000 per week with a $1,000 bonus per win in salary. Including other potential bonuses, the average player would be estimated to earn about $60,000 from training camp through the end of the season and the XFL also valued its benefits package as worth an additional $20,000, in addition to paying for housing and two meals a day during the season.
To show the world that they are an inclusive league and support women, the XFL has a long list of six female referees for the 2023 season.
Female football referees have been seen before, in fact, they are now prevalent in high school leagues all over the country and at the collegiate level.
There were only three female referees in the NFL in the 2022 season, two of whom had experience. The NFL is allowing more female officials, although they are developing but slower than the XFL.
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Which female referees will officiate XFL games in 2023?
All XFL football referees are employed by the league based on merit; they have sufficient experience and are regarded as the best to work in the XFL, but more women needed to be included to make a statement to other leagues.
Krystle Apellaniz
She has expertise as a college basketball referee in addition to being a football referee.
Apellaniz was a member of the Hula Bowl 2023 all-female referee team. She also took part in the Mackie Development Program for the NFL.
Catherine “Cat” Conti
Cat was the first woman to officiate a Big 12 game, and the Big 12 Conference appointed her as the referee. She worked as a waitress before becoming a referee, she also works as a trainer and speaker in addition to being a referee.
Amanda Sauer
She is the memeber for the Big 10 conference and was the only female player there in 2021.
She lost her husband, Peter, in 2012, and claimed that turning into a referee had aided her in getting better and healed her.
Karina Tovar
She made history in 2021 as the first female on-field official in the ACC. Her career started out as a side job as a basketball referee at Cal State Northridge.
Karina is one of the female referees for the XFL who is also among the youngest. She has expertise with softball as well as basketball and football.
Monique Washington
A further XFL female official who served as one of the Hula Bowl’s all-female officials in 2023. Along with Henrietta Powell, they created history in 2021 by being the first female MEAC football referees.
LaShell Nelson
She made history in 2022 when she became the first black woman to oversee a Big 10 conference match. She participated in the Mackie Development Program for the NFL. She has experience in the XFL since 2020.