This week, NFL owners voted to allow players to participate in flag football at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The resolution that was approved will allow one player per NFL team to try out for each country. A handful of current players on the Seahawks’ roster have participated in flag football through the Pro Bowl Games, which in recent years has transitioned the Pro Bowl from one game to a weekend of events that culminates in an AFC vs. NFC flag football game. Receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who was voted to his first Pro Bowl and played in the flag football game said, “I’m fortunate enough to have grown up in the 7-v-7 era. I’ve been playing 7-On and flag football really all my life up until college, of course took a break, and it was fun to go back out [to the Pro Bowl] against the best players in the world and have fun, compete, and play the game that I love.”
Smith-Njigba was excited for the announcement to officially come out, “I had been asking around the league and asking the NFLPA guys, asking the front office if it was going to happen. So, I was happy to hear they’re allowing NFL guys to play.”
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