Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA (AP) – While the NFL draft seizes Titletown and Lambeau Field, the league is taking advantage of the emotion that surrounds its main low season event to promote flag football.
Former NFL Bobby Taylor and Mike Daniels Players on Tuesday a Football Training Clinic for students.
On Wednesday, Draft prospects along with more ex -players participated in another clinic of flag soccer skills that included 75 athletes from special Olympics.
Six soccer players will also be behind the stage on Thursday night to deliver caps to the prospects that are selected.
On Saturday, Football Players of the Oneida Nation Secondary School will announce one of the NFL Draft teams on the stage thanks to the Packer Marshal, Jordan Love, and Toyota.
“Having the NFL draft here in Green Bay, and obviously, flag football, especially women’s flag football, is a growing sport,” said Love. “So we are giving a female flag soccer team in the Green Bay area the opportunity to go out, get on stage during the 3rd of the NFL draft, really upload there and announce a draft selection. We are empowering them and, hopefully, giving them the opportunity to visualize how a future is in football and reach that pinnacle of the top.”
-Love has also associated with Toyota, main sponsor of the NFL Flag League Play, to increase opportunities for flag soccer players. They are covering the registration rates for all NFL Flag equipment within a 25 mile radius of the Green Bay area.
The NFL objectives of expanding the flag football began with Commissioner Roger Goodell. The League played an important role in getting flag football to be included in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
“Flag football has been growing dramatically here in the United States, as well as internationally. It has brought young women to sport and has given them the opportunity to play, which I think is incredibly valuable for our future and rewarding,” said Goodell earlier this month. “So now putting it on that Olympic scenario is to put an approval stamp. And frankly, it will be a scenario in which many athletes will want to participate, including retired and active players, so we will have to work on it. I think it is a great opportunity for athletes, a great opportunity for the NFL and I think it will be a great opportunity for people to understand football and what contributes to the world.”
Many NFL stars have already said they would like to play flag football at the Olympic Games. But the League and the Players Union still have to find a way to make it possible.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
