NFL stars interested in playing Flag Football at the 2028 Olympics
Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons and Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill want to play flag football at the 2028 Summer Olympics. The Olympic Committee just approved flag football for the games and players around the league are very excited about this news.
“I’m going on the U.S. Team,” Parsons said on “The Edge with Micah Parsons” podcast. “I’m gonna go win an Olympic gold medal because I can’t do it in track and I can’t do it in anything else, but I know I can play some flag football. I think I might be playing offense for the guys.”
“Me and Tyreek gonna start it off, and it’s just gonna be like that,” Parsons added. “All of our guys should be on that team. We need Justin Jefferson out there, we need Ja’Marr Chase, CeeDee Lamb. … We should run through everybody just like we do in wrestling and everything else.”
Along with flag football being approved, baseball, softball, cricket, lacrosse and squash were added as well. Another factor that could play into NFL stars joining the team is that the 2028 Olympics are being held in Los Angeles, Cal. Hill expressed his interest on his own podcast “It Needed To Be Said.”
“You know how amazing it would be to assemble a super team to play in the Olympics, man? Just to compete for a medal, that’d be crazy,” Hill said. “I grew up a fan of the Dream Team. I watched the documentary on LeBron James and them probably twice a month. I just love to see the competitive drive with those guys.
“Just being able to say, ‘Hey man, I was able to play on the Olympic level and compete for a medal for the U.S.’ would be special.”
Now that football players have a real chance at attaining a gold medal, we could see a superteam built by 2028. Even Rob Gronkowski wants to come out of retirement just to participate in this event. We could see some modern stars and older legends come together to win this gold medal for the United States.
If Parsons and Hill can get guys to commit, no one in the world will be able to keep up with the speed and physicality of the team, almost guaranteeing a gold medal.
