NFL owners to vote on enabling players at 2028 Olympics

NFL group owners will satisfy next week to vote on a resolution that would allow league players to complete at the 2028 Olympics, when the sport’s non-contact version will be part of the games, the league stated Thursday.The league verified in a statement that the question of enabling NFL players into the Olympics– possibly producing a gridiron ‘Dream Group’– would be the topic of a resolution on the program at the owners Spring conference in Minnesota.Advertisement The resolution sets out the guidelines and criteria of how NFL players can complete in the

Olympic flag football tournament in Los Angeles.Flag football is an abbreviated, five-a-side form of American football, where players “take on”each

other by getting a flag connected to the waist of opponents.The resolution being voted on next week argues that allowing NFL players to play in the Olympics would boost the international appeal of the sport.”Involvement by NFL players in flag football during the 2028 Summer season Olympics … will support such development and advance numerous league interests, consisting of increasing fan and public interest in flag football, expanding the global reach of the NFL, and offering greater chances for fan engagement and for our league partners, “the resolution reads.Advertisement Under the guidelines set out in the resolution, only one player per NFL team can contend on each nationwide team participating in the Olympic tournament.Additionally, teams’designated global players will be enabled to play for their respective home countries.The resolution also needs Olympic flag football teams to execute minimum standards for medical personnel, and requires field playing surface areas to be as much as NFL standards.Several NFL players have currently expressed an interest in playing in the Olympics, with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Harms and Kansas City Chiefs counterpart Patrick Mahomes amongst those indicating a desire to play in the Games.rcw/ nr