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Lions HC Not Losing Sleep but Knows They Must Weigh Injury Risks with Flag Football Boom
The league will be backed by investors including Tom Brady and Serena Williams as the NFL seeks to build a professional pathway for flag football.
- On Monday, The National Football League announced a partnership with TMRW Sports to develop and launch a professional flag football league for men and women.
- NFL clubs authorized an investment of up to $32 million through 32 Equity to support the league, as flag football has become 'fundamental' for the NFL's international strategy, said NFL Executive Vice President O'Reilly.
- High-Profile investors backing the project include NFL legends Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Joe Montana, alongside women's sports icons Billie Jean King, Serena Williams, and Alex Morgan.
- The league creates a professional pathway for elite athletes, supporting girls and young women who can now see their dreams extend to the professional level, King said.
- With the sport set for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, the league remains in its 'infancy,' as TMRW founder and CEO Mike McCarley described the professional pathway as an 'accelerant that the Olympics has proven to be.
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NFL partners to launch new pro flag football league ahead of 2028 Olympic debut
The NFL announced it is partnering with TMRW Sports and a group of investors to launch a new professional flag football league for both men and women ahead of the sport's debut at the 2028 Summer Olympics.The NFL said $32 million has already been committed to the new league, which currently has the support of all 32 NFL clubs, as well as a group of current and former NFL players, including Peyton Manning, Joe Montana, Steve Young, Larry Fitzgera…
Lions HC not losing sleep but knows they must weigh injury risks with flag football boom
PHOENIX -- The NFL is further dipping its toes into the flag football world, launching a new league for women and men ahead of it joining the Olympic ranks as an official sport in 2028.
NFL teams with TMRW Sports for pro flag league
The NFL announced a partnership with TMRW Sports, the company behind the TGL, to develop a professional flag football league for men and women that will be backed by all 32 teams plus a plethora of well-known names in and out of football.
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