The quality of the NFL Pro Bowl saw such a decline in competitiveness and contact that it had become practically tackle-free. Now, it’ll be just that with flag football the new format for the all-star game. ✍️ KaplanSportsBiz
Beyond the investment in youth leagues, the NFL is putting its media apparatus behind flag with ads promoting the sport, including one possibly during the Super Bowl in February. In addition to transforming the Pro Bowl from tackle into flag football, the league is aiding the push to get the tackle-free sport into the 2028 Summer Olympics and is in discussions with the NCAA about making female flag a sanctioned sport.
“Clearly, fewer and fewer people are going to want to take the risks associated with playing tackle,” Lewis said. Long-term that could pose an existential threat to football if the number of players thins. The NFL has another reason to push flag: the league’s goal to make football a global game. It is expensive to field a tackle team, between costs such as equipment, officiating and insurance. It is a big hurdle domestically, well enough in countries with no football culture, so how can the NFL hook young people if they are not playing? The answer is a heavy helping of flag programs in international initiatives.
Bobby Carpenter, who played football at Ohio State and in the NFL for six years, is a big advocate for flag football, but up to a point. His three kids played flag, but the older two now play tackle. He didn’t play tackle until he was 13.
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