{"id":854664,"date":"2026-04-05T05:59:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/854664\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T05:59:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:59:26","slug":"nfl-players-expected-to-participate-in-2028-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/854664\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Players Expected To Participate In 2028 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last May, owners voted to allow NFL players to participate<\/a> in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. That has been followed by interest shown<\/a> on the part of several notable players, leading to the expectation they will indeed be taking part in the Games.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Particulars have yet to worked out regarding NFL participation, but the remaining issues on that front are not likely to prove to be too much of a hurdle. Meanwhile, the success of Team USA in the recent Fanatics Flag Football Classic has led to renewed skepticism about pro football players being the best suited for flag football\u2019s Olympic debut. Nevertheless, commissioner\u00a0Roger Goodell\u00a0remains confident NFLers will be taking part.<\/p>\n

[RELATED: Robert Griffin III Joins American Flag Football Roster<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ll see NFL players in the Olympics,\u201d\u00a0Goodell said (via Fox Sports\u2019 Eric Williams<\/a>) during a press conference following the recent league meeting.\u00a0\u201cThey want to play. We just had a player here who wants to compete in the Olympics\u2026 I think it will be great for football. I think it will be great for the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goodell\u2019s comments come in the wake of an important update regarding the creation of new professional men\u2019s and women\u2019s flag football leagues. TMRW Sports has been selected as the NFL\u2019s partner for launching the leagues, and a notable list of investors<\/a> has already been generated. Growing flag football has long been a major priority for the NFL, including its push to have that version of the game granted Olympic status. The new pro leagues are set to begin before the Los Angeles Games.<\/p>\n

Logistics will no doubt be a talking point regarding NFL participation. The Olympics \u2013 and the preparation which will precede it \u2013 will take place around the time of training camps around the league. Accommodations will need to be made on that front, and concerns related to injuries and other factors will of course remain in place. Confidence clearly remains high that the goal of NFL participation will be realized, however.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last May, owners voted to allow NFL players to participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. That has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[23105,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-854664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-2028-olympic-games","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116350575065887808","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854664","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=854664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}