{"id":122028,"date":"2025-06-11T18:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/122028\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T18:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:38:17","slug":"indianapolis-colts-create-flag-football-scholarship-fund-to-reduce-barriers-to-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/122028\/","title":{"rendered":"Indianapolis Colts create Flag Football Scholarship Fund to reduce barriers to participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/colts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>\u00a0today announced the creation of the\u00a0Colts Flag Scholarship Fund\u00a0to help reduce financial barriers to participation for young athletes who compete in the\u00a0Colts Flag Football Leagues,\u00a0presented by\u00a0Peyton Manning Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The Colts are the first NFL team to offer a scholarship fund to deserving flag football athletes across its network. Families may apply for the scholarship or learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colts.com\/Flag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colts.com\/FlagLeagues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball is a game that should be shared and played by all who want to participate,\u201d said\u00a0Colts Owner &amp; Chief Brand Officer Kalen Jackson.\u00a0\u201cThis scholarship fund will help create more opportunities and access to the great sport of flag football for young people across Indiana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scholarships are available to athletes from\u00a0families earning below the median household income for the state of Indiana or are enrolled in Medicaid, WIC or SNAP programs.\u00a0Registration fees typically range from $80 to $150, and the scholarship would cover most of the cost for more than 100 youth athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Operated in conjunction with partner\u00a0RCX Sports, the\u00a0Colts Flag Football League includes leagues in Indiana (Elkhart, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, New Haven, Noblesville) and Louisville, Ky.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for the fall season of the Colts Flag Football Leagues is now open at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colts.com\/Flag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colts.com\/FlagLeagues<\/a>.\u00a0Those interested in playing may visit the website to find a league near them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The leagues are\u00a0open to boys and girls aged four to 14, and no experience is necessary. Participants have the opportunity to represent the Colts and the chance to compete in NFL FLAG Regionals &amp; Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The above story is from an Indianapolis Colts news release<\/p>\n<p>Follow the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coltscommunity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@ColtsCommunity on\u00a0<\/a>X\u00a0and on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/coltscommunity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@C<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/coltscommunity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">oltsCommunity<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nflflag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Visit NFL Flag at NFLFLAG.com<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indianapolis Colts\u00a0today announced the creation of the\u00a0Colts Flag Scholarship Fund\u00a0to help reduce financial barriers to participation for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,4530,7,11575,2004,392,2381,6,8083,29573],"class_list":{"0":"post-122028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-colts","9":"tag-flag-football","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-football-scholarships","12":"tag-indianapolis","13":"tag-indianapolis-colts","14":"tag-indianapoliscolts","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-peyton-manning","17":"tag-play-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114666189941910299","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}