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The 2028 Summer Olympics will introduce the sport of flag football for the first time. Two events, one for men and one for women, will be held. Flag football, a non-contact variant of American football in which players remove flags attached to the ball carrier instead of tackling them, was previously contested at the 2022 World Games and will be featured at the 2025 World Games.
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.
Flag football Olympics 2028 rules. With so many different ways to play a game, what rules will flag football adhere to? Part of the Olympics is providing games at digestible lengths, so a full NFL ...
On October 16, 2023, the NFL and IFAF announced the approval of flag football as an official sport in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [14] This will mark the first time that American football in any form will be featured in the Olympics since it was a demonstration sport in 1904 and 1932. Team USA will automatically qualify for the ...
Flag football and cricket are among five sports to be approved for inclusion at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics by the International Olympic Committee executive board Friday.. The other sports ...
The Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee (LA28) has proposed five new sports for inclusion in the 2028 Games: flag football, baseball/softball, cricket, lacrosse and squash.
The IFAF and the National Football League later backed a proposal to include flag football, a non-contact variation of the game, as an one-off event at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [18] Flag football became a viable alternative for its limited contact, low costs, and due to it being playable by both men and women.
Flag football was one of several sports the International Olympic Committee announced will join the slate of sports in 2028.