05-20-2025, 11:28 AM
NFL fans may come one step closer on Tuesday to being able to watch Patrick Mahomes play Olympic flag football in three years.
Team owners are expected to vote in favor of allowing players to compete in flag football at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics during Tuesday's spring league meeting in Minneapolis, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
One source told Schefter about the vote, "Olympics should be easy."
ESPN's Stephen Holder and Kevin Seifert reported Tuesday morning that "many of the final details remain a long way off and are yet to be negotiated between the NFL."
Any change to NFL rules must receive approval from at least 24 out of 32 owners before it can be implemented.
Holder and Seifert described injury protection as the "biggest obstacle" to finalizing an agreement, and noted that the vote passing on Tuesday does not mean the rule is automatically put into place.
The vote's approval will instead allow the NFL to continue working on an agreement between the league, NFLPA and International Olympic Committee, per Holder and Seifert.
The league announced last Thursday that owners would consider allowing flag football participation ahead of the Los Angeles Games.
The resolution being considered by owners states that allowing NFLers to compete in flag football will help with "increasing fan and public interest in flag football" as well as "expanding the global reach of the NFL."
The proposal states that only one NFL player from each roster will be able to participate, in addition to designated international players who could represent their home countries.
The resolution also proposes offering salary cap relief to teams whose players are injured in competition, and requires that Olympic flag football teams meet league-approved standards for both "medical staff and field surfaces."
Mahomes said after flag football was first officially added to the Los Angeles Olympics program in November 2023 that he would "definitely want to" play for the team.
Other NFL players including the Miami Dolphins' Tyreek Hill and Minnesota Vikings' Aaron Jones have expressed interest in representing Team USA.
Six nations will compete in flag football during the sport's Olympic debut. Each team will have ten players, five of which will be on the field at a time.
USA Football announced its 2024 roster, which does not include NFL players, on Monday ahead of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Flag Football World Championship in Finland this August. The men's team is led by Darrell “Housh” Doucette, the quarterback who led Team USA to gold at the 2022 World Games.
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Team owners are expected to vote in favor of allowing players to compete in flag football at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics during Tuesday's spring league meeting in Minneapolis, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
One source told Schefter about the vote, "Olympics should be easy."
ESPN's Stephen Holder and Kevin Seifert reported Tuesday morning that "many of the final details remain a long way off and are yet to be negotiated between the NFL."
Any change to NFL rules must receive approval from at least 24 out of 32 owners before it can be implemented.
Holder and Seifert described injury protection as the "biggest obstacle" to finalizing an agreement, and noted that the vote passing on Tuesday does not mean the rule is automatically put into place.
The vote's approval will instead allow the NFL to continue working on an agreement between the league, NFLPA and International Olympic Committee, per Holder and Seifert.
The league announced last Thursday that owners would consider allowing flag football participation ahead of the Los Angeles Games.
The resolution being considered by owners states that allowing NFLers to compete in flag football will help with "increasing fan and public interest in flag football" as well as "expanding the global reach of the NFL."
The proposal states that only one NFL player from each roster will be able to participate, in addition to designated international players who could represent their home countries.
The resolution also proposes offering salary cap relief to teams whose players are injured in competition, and requires that Olympic flag football teams meet league-approved standards for both "medical staff and field surfaces."
Mahomes said after flag football was first officially added to the Los Angeles Olympics program in November 2023 that he would "definitely want to" play for the team.
Other NFL players including the Miami Dolphins' Tyreek Hill and Minnesota Vikings' Aaron Jones have expressed interest in representing Team USA.
Six nations will compete in flag football during the sport's Olympic debut. Each team will have ten players, five of which will be on the field at a time.
USA Football announced its 2024 roster, which does not include NFL players, on Monday ahead of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Flag Football World Championship in Finland this August. The men's team is led by Darrell “Housh” Doucette, the quarterback who led Team USA to gold at the 2022 World Games.
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