Asamoah has been sponsoring youth flag teams in Ghana through his BA Foundation (Be Authentic), further connecting with his heritage. This spring, he traveled there with Vikings running back Aaron Jones, Sr., and receiver Jordan Addison, to support the “Road to LA28” program in Accra. Nearly 100 athletes tried out at the University of Ghana’s Rugby Field to be selected for the 50-player pool that will begin training to represent Ghana at the Olympics.
Asamoah’s parents moved to the United States in 2000, shortly before he was born in Newark, New Jersey. Asamoah then grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He visited Ghana when he was 10 years old and tried to explain American football to his peers.
“They were like, ‘What’s that?’ That’s American football. That’s what we call it back home,” Asamoah recalled. “So just being able to go back home now and say, ‘OK, you have the opportunity to represent your country playing flag football,’ and the excitement, the joy and the appreciation of just the work that has been put down so that they get the opportunity to one day represent their country, but not only represent the country, but have an opportunity to play football at the highest level, like Justin and I, it’s a wonderful privilege.
“I just can’t wait to see the excitement and joy that everybody’s going to be able to see out of the players, the fans and each country being able to say I have an opportunity to compete in the highest games, LA28, and an opportunity to bring the gold back to the Gold Coast,” Asamoah added.
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