Christina Graf called German Second Division action for Sky this weekend.
I really wanted to put this story on the blog to give us all a dose of good news when we've heard so much about racism, violence, and riots lately in world football. Here's a positive story of a woman and a company making history and headlines.....for the better.
Today a young lady named Christina Graf became the first female to provide commentary on a men's football match in Germany. She worked the second division match between Hertha Berlin and Jahn Regensburg, which Hertha won 5-1. Previously Graf won a competition for the broadcasting job by beating out over 1,000 applicants to work for Sky. Before the match she told the DPA news agency: ''I'm happy that I can start slowly with the second division at first. It's a huge opportunity, but I'm not the very extroverted type and won't go ballistic.''
Women have been calling women's matches in Germany and around the world for a few years, but we've seen precious little of it on the men's side of things. Certainly football knowledge is not dependent on one's gender, and as long as the person is insightful and entertaining, it could be a man or a woman and be just fine by me. Certainly there are plenty of young female football fans, and sports fans in general out there, some of whom might have the dream to go into broadcasting. Maybe in a few years we can look back and see that this was a foundational moment for some of these dreams.
At any rate, congratulations to Ms. Graf, may she have a long and prosperous career!
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