Posted on 02/18/2024 10:40:42 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Tyreek Hill is a five-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowl selection and a Super Bowl champion.
The speedy Miami Dolphins receiver likes the idea of also having an opportunity to pursue Olympic gold when the rapidly growing sport of flag football debuts in the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, a sentiment shared by other NFL stars, including Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Hill, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and running back Raheem Mostert, Detroit Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Evan Engram are among the players representing the AFC and NFC at the Pro Bowl Games, which conclude Sunday with a seven-on-seven flag exhibition that will offer fans and a national television audience a sense of what the sport could look like with such highly skilled talent on the field.
“That’s going to be really exciting,” Tagovailoa said, adding he played flag football as a 5- or 6-year-old and is eager to see the makeup of the roster for Team USA in four years.
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I remember a former NFL player by the name of Robert Edwards.
Young, with a great football career ahead of him.
He blew his knee out during a NFL Rookie beach flag football game in HI.
Almost had his leg amputated from complications.
Out 4 years, never the same.
Cornhole has a strong connection to Ancient Greece.
When San Francisco hosts the games?
I can’t believe they eliminated the Lawn Dart competition.
The NFL is already trending towards flag-football. Just be patient.
It's already unwatchable at this point.
I might actually watch flag football. NFL has become a annoying bore, haven’t watched it in 8 years.
can they ruin and cheapen the Olympics any further??...geez.
I watched some of it and it was a joke and certainly not worthy of an olympic event.
I wish they would bring back racquetball and women's softball........
and dump basketball.
When is hopscotch’s time for glory .
When they made waving-a-piece-of-toilet-paper-on-a-stick a gymnastics event, I could see the end was approaching for the Olympics.
Time to bring back pankration.
The Olympics have become a joke. Skateboarding? Surfing? and now flag football?! C’mon!
And disc golf!?
LOL
Personal foul, 15 yard penalty for a late hit on the runner. #58 on the defense pulled the runner’s flag after the whistle.
I see what you did there. Old joke. How do you separate the men from the boys in Greece. With a crow bar.
The Olympics are completely asinine. They ruined it, and I believe it all began when they started allowing professionals to compete.
How many other countries even know what flag football even is? Canada is all I can think of.
I think you’re right about the pro athlete thing, it ruined it. The Olympics have been over for me for quite a number of years.
Truly a shame.
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