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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.
American football – called "football" in the United States, and "gridiron" or "gridiron football" in Australia. Arena football – an indoor version of American football. Touch football (American) – non-tackle American football. Flag football – non-tackle American football, like touch football but a token must be taken to indicate a tackle.
In American football, an unhindered catch of an opponent's kick. The player wanting to make a fair catch must signal for a fair catch by waving an arm overhead while the ball is in the air. After that signal, once the ball is possessed, it is dead immediately and opponents will receive a 15-yard penalty for any contact with the receiver.
Flag football was added for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and has gained momentum as a varsity high school sport. The Emerging Sports for Women program, established in 1994, is intended to help ...
Flag football, long a tradition in schoolyards and sandlots, is now an internationally recognized sport – coming to the Olympics in 2028. Coaches and players say it provides a safer alternative ...
At least 65 NCAA schools are sponsoring women’s flag football at the club or varsity levels this year, with more slated to join in 2026. NCAA committee recommends flag football as emerging sport ...
A traditional football game seemed out of the question since due to the wartime military draft, just 3 men had enrolled for the fall term that year. [2] "A bunch of us were sitting around after gym class and we thought, if we’re going to have Homecoming, we've got to have a football game," said Susie Lowry, who was a freshman at Eastern in 1945.
The American Flag Football League is a semi-professional flag football league started in 2017. The league was founded by Jeff Lewis in May 2017, and played a ...