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2. Protective equipment in gridiron football - Wikipedia

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   Gridiron football players wear various pieces of equipment for the protection of the body during the course of a football game. Basic equipment worn by most football players include a helmet , shoulder pads , gloves, shoes, and thigh and knee pads , a mouthguard, and a jockstrap or compression shorts with or without a protective cup .

3. Official (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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   American football officials generally use the following equipment: Whistle Used to signal a reminder to players that the ball is dead; i.e., that the play has ended or never began. Penalty marker or flag A bright-yellow-colored flag that is thrown on the field toward or at the spot of a foul. Officials in Canadian amateur football use an orange ...

4. Gridiron football - Wikipedia

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   Flag football is a variant of American football where, instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier ("deflagging") to end a down, and contact is limited between players. The specific rules of flag football vary widely by the league, though all share in common their ...

5. ‘It has skyrocketed’: How flag football established itself on ...

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   The American Flag Football League (AFFL), previously only an amateur tournament, is due to launch a professional league in spring 2025 with players earning $1,000 a week. Its first franchises, the ...

6. Flag football is having a moment, tackling equity and safety ...

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   Flag football, as its name suggests, is a variation of football in which, instead of tackling, players “deflag” their opponents by snatching a flag worn on a belt. It has all-American roots as ...

7. Flag-planting celebrations cause fights to break out in ... - AOL

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   NC State flag nearly thrown in stands by UNC. A similar scuffle broke out after North Carolina State's 35-30 win over North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Following the victory, which made the Wolfpack ...

8. Flag football - Wikipedia

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   Flag football is a variant of gridiron football (American football or Canadian football depending on location) where, instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier ("deflagging") to end a down. In flag football, contact is limited between players.

9. United States men's national flag football team - Wikipedia

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   The team is governed by USA Football. As of 2024, the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) ranks the United States men's team 1st worldwide. [2] Team USA has won the won the IFAF Flag Football World Championship six times, most recently in 2024. In 2022, Team USA won a gold medal at the World Games.