Deadspin | NFL to imagine avid gamers competing in Olympic flag soccer

NFL homeowners are making plans to speak about a solution to permit avid gamers to take part in flag soccer on the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

The solution into account for subsequent week’s spring assembly in Minneapolis would allow no multiple participant from each and every NFL staff to take part.

Each staff’s designated global participant additionally could be allowed to take part for his nation when the Summer Games options flag soccer for the primary time.

The NFL proposal contains a couple of caveats that may offer protection to groups in case of accidents, together with offering wage cap credit score for any avid gamers harm whilst taking part and setting up “certain minimum standards for medical staff and field surfaces.”

In addition, the flag soccer time table and comparable occasions can not “unreasonably” war with an NFL participant’s staff and league commitments. The gold medal sport is identical week groups report back to coaching camp.

–Field Level Media