Team USA Names Its Final 24 for the Flag Football Worlds
USA Football has finalized its 12-woman and 12-man rosters for the IFAF World Flag Championship in Düsseldorf, August 13 to 16, with two LA28 Olympic berths on the line.
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NFL EVP Peter O'Reilly confirmed the league's upcoming professional men's and women's flag football leagues will feature a full combine and draft, with a launch targeted for late spring or early summer 2027. The venture is backed by $192 million in total funding ahead of flag football's 2028 Olympic debut.
USA Football has finalized its 12-woman and 12-man rosters for the IFAF World Flag Championship in Düsseldorf, August 13 to 16, with two LA28 Olympic berths on the line.
TMRW Sports named U.S. national team star and 2026 NAIA Player of the Year Ashlea Klam as its first professional flag football ambassador, a public face of the pro league it is building with the NFL ahead of LA 2028.
The NAIA voted to elevate women's flag football to championship status, its 30th, with the first national championship set for spring 2027 and roughly 60 schools expected to sponsor the sport in 2026-27.
Brand Velocity Group, where two-time Super Bowl champion Eli Manning is a partner, acquired RCX Sports, the licensed operator of NFL FLAG, channeling fresh capital into flag football's grassroots base ahead of LA 2028.
With flag football set to debut at LA 2028, NFL stars from Jalen Hurts to Joe Burrow are angling for roster spots, but the specialists who have won six world titles are not stepping aside, and USA Football decides who plays.
Football Canada named the first Junior National Flag Football Teams in the country's history while U SPORTS approved women's flag football as a 2027-28 pilot sport, building a development pathway toward LA 2028.