Tom Brady, Joe Burrow Battle U.S. Flag Football Elite: Is NFL Poised for Olympic Glory or Shocking Defeat?
The U.S. men’s national flag team would still win this tournament championship just as it won the last five flag football world championships.
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But moments like Brown’s acrobatics proved as eye-catching because of their athleticism as they are for the context they finally give a growing NFL conversation: How viable are NFL players for the 2028 U.S. Olympic flag football team?
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The NFL helped advocate for the inclusion of flag football (known colloquially as “flag”) in the Olympics, where it will debut for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. And the NFL passed a resolution last year that allows a limited number of league players to compete in the Olympics, continuing the NFL belief that flag is the ideal way to expand football globally in an accessible way.



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