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NFL players Tyreek Hill and Micah Parsons have expressed interest in joining forces to help Team USA win gold in flag football at the 2028 Olympics. On Monday, the International Olympic Committee approved flag football as one of five sports – alongside cricket, baseball-softball, lacrosse and squash – to be included at the Los Angeles Games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The NFL has endeavoured to promote flag football where possible and actively pushed for its inclusion in the Olympic Games schedule. Last season, the league transitioned its annual Pro Bowl into a series of contests, culminating with the AFC-NFC Pro Bowlers facing off in a game of flag football.<\/p>\n
After the news flag football will be an Olympic sport, Tyreek Hill – who leads the NFL in receiving yards through six weeks – immediately expressed his interest in representing the United States. He called on fellow NFL stars to team together and win a gold medal, going on his podcast to say: \u201cYou know how amazing it would be to assemble a super team to play in the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hill quickly received support from another active star in the form of Dallas Cowboys pass-rusher Micah Parsons. During the episode of The Edge with Micah Parsons on Tuesday, the two-time Pro Bowler revealed he would be joining to compete – and win – at the Olympics.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going on the U.S. Team,\u201d Parsons\u00a0said. \u201cI\u2019m gonna go win an Olympic gold medal because I can\u2019t do it in track and I can\u2019t do it anything else but I know I can play some flag football. I think I might be playing offense for the guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The 24-year-old – who has five sacks in 2023 – added: \u201cMe and Tyreek [Hill] gonna start it off and it\u2019s just gonna be like that. All of our guys should be on that team. We need Justin Jefferson out there, we need Ja\u2019Marr Chase, CeeDee Lamb\u2026 We should run through everybody just like we do in wrestling and everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even NFL legends are considering making a return to action to take part; former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski expressed his interest prior to the IOC announcing flag football\u2019s inclusion. NFL executive Peter O\u2019Reilly said the league will work with the players\u2019 union on allowing current and former players to participate come 2028.<\/p>\n
The discussion surrounding a Team US \u2019superteam\u2019 evokes memories of the Dream Team at the 1992 Barcelona Games, which featured the likes of Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley and more as active NBA players were allowed to compete for the first time. It is widely considered the best basketball team ever assembled, and the news means a flag football \u2018Dream Team\u2019 could become a reality.<\/p>\n
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