For two decades, NFL executives have searched for ways to grow their sport overseas. They’ve decided that flag football, played five-on-five by men and women without helmets and complicated rules, might be the way to do that.
Reese’s long-shot dream has turned into one of the top priorities in the NFL’s New York offices. For two decades, league executives have searched for ways to grow their sport overseas, worried that the NFL — despite being— lacks the global reach of sports such as soccer, basketball and baseball.
The schedule for the 2024 Paris Olympics is set, but flag football is on a list of nine sports that organizers of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are considering, which means Reese’s wild idea has a chance.
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