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On July 20, 2020, the International World Games Association (IWGA), National Football League (NFL), and International Federation of American Football (IFAF) announced that flag football would join the existing lineup of 32 unique, multi-disciplinary sports for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama. [10]
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 tournament-style schedule every summer. League players are not paid during the season and most of them are primarily amateurs, instead cash prizes are awarded to the tournament winners. [1]
The National Football League and its teams have promoted and sponsored flag football leagues in the United States as a youth sport under the branding NFL Flag; in 2020, Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson became a chairman and co-owner of NFL Flag, as part of efforts by the NFL to expand its promotion of the sport into other territories ...
The American Flag Football League, launched in 2017, became the first-ever men’s professional flag football league in 2024. Flag football will be joined by baseball/softball, cricket, lacrosse ...
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), in partnership with the NFL, sanctioned flag football as an official varsity sport for female student-athletes in 2020.
The NFL has taken another step in its commitment to growing flag football. The league hired Stephanie Kwok to a newly created position of vice president, head of flag football. Kwok, an ...
An exception to these criteria however, applies to the Summer Olympic Games for the United States national flag football team, as NFL executive Peter O'Reilly stated on October 17, 2023 that the National Football League will work with the players' union on allowing current and former NFL players to participate for Team USA in Flag football at ...
CANTON ‒ NFL football is back this week - with a twist. The NFL Flag Championships are underway in Canton, showcasing youth talent from across the country and offering a chance for fans to get ...