The Past, Present and Future of Women and the NFL’s ‘Boys Club’

March 21, 2016   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

To understand where the NFL is going when it comes to women—which is a better, more progressive place—you have to understand where it's been. You have to know that there are female heroes from the NFL past who shaped the NFL present. You have to hear the story of five naked players standing in a locker room, exposing themselves to a female executive.
That woman was Susan Spencer, and it was the late 1980s. Spencer is a little-remembered part of NFL history but was vital in that she was a bridge from the past to present, a period of massive positive change for women in the NFL. She was the vice president, legal counsel and acting general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles. To this day, she remains the only female general manager in league history.
One afternoon, Spencer went to the team's stadium to see some new rehabilitation equipment. The area where the equipment was located could only be accessed through the locker room. She normally didn't go into the locker r...

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