Pretty good sign. Four years before the Los Angeles 2028 Games, where it will make its debut in the Olympic program as an additional sport, flag football is already arousing vocations. But they are not to everyone's taste. Several NFL players, including Jalen Hurts, the quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles, participated in an advertising clip for the discipline, broadcast in the United States during the Paris 2024 Games. So far, nothing very unexpected, the professional league supporting very actively developing flag football. But the historic players of the flag already seem to fear for their places at the Los Angeles 2028 Games. Darrell “Housh” Doucette (photo above), the quarterback of the quadruple world champion American team, confided to the Guardian : " I think it's disrespectful for them to think they can automatically make the Olympic team by name alone. They have done nothing so far to help develop our sport and bring it to the Olympics. We must respect the people who contributed to the growth of this sport and who brought it to where it is. » At least two NFL players, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, have already publicly expressed their desire to play in the flag football tournament at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
