ConnieScouts - January 27, 2013
Connie Carberg, the NFL’s first female scout, would often talk to Idzik as part of her duties with the Jets. “[He was] a quiet man who I remember just constantly watching films — all football but a friendly smile and willing to answer any football questions I had in my scouting,” Carberg said.
ConnieScouts - November 5, 2012
The New York Jets are going to have it tough this weekend against the Dolphins and will need Tim Tebow and perhaps even some Broadway Joe to help them win. It's not a prediction coming from some television or newspaper pundit, but rather from Connie Carberg, a 61-year-old Coconut Creek woman who really, really knows the New York Jets.
ConnieScouts - November 5, 2012
There is nothing particularly unusual about being a New York Jets fan in South Florida. Just listen to sports-talk radio the week of a Dolphins-Jets game, or sit in the stands for a game between the division rivals, and it becomes instantly clear that “J-E-T-S” is a welcome cheer in these parts.
ConnieScouts - September 2, 2012
Connie Carberg blazed trail as female NFL scout
--By Jane McManus--
"I just said OK."
That's what Connie Carberg -- the first female scout in the NFL -- said when she was told new Jets owner Leon Hess didn't want a woman traveling on behalf of the team anymore. It was 1978, an age when game tape was reel-to-reel. When player reports were typed on paper and carefully tucked into file cabinets. No cellphones, no voicemail.
ConnieScouts - June 16, 2012
Connie Carberg (formerly Nicholas) was employed by the New York Jets as the first ever female football scout back in the 1970's. Connie has been kind enough to give us her story on how this all came about and her experience's during her time as the Jets/NFL's first ever female scout.
ConnieScouts - June 16, 2012
In an era when the women’s rights movement was in full effect and there was talk about equal opportunity, gender inequality and the proverbial glass ceiling, Connie Carberg was making it in a man’s world as a scout for the Jets. And not just making it but in fact, excelling.
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