Josh Allen says he would be 'very honored' to play for Team USA in flag football at 2028 Olympics

The FIFA World Cup whitethorn presently predominate the sporting scenery crossed the Americas, but different shot question is opening to instrumentality shape.

With the 2028 Summer Olympics connected the horizon, emblem shot is rapidly emerging arsenic 1 of the astir anticipated additions to the Games.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell precocious shared his excitement astir the tourney and revealed that galore players are anxious to correspond their countries connected the Olympic stage.

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I've had a batch of players that person said, 'We privation to enactment successful that'," Goodell told ESPN's "Women's Sports Now" past Thursday.

"These players are competitors, and they emotion the large stage. To triumph a golden medal oregon immoderate medal is thing I deliberation they would each treasure. They speech astir it each the time."

Goodell added: "So I perfectly judge we're going to person players successful the Olympics."

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Josh Allen, the 2024 NFL MVP, suggested to number him successful the radical of progressive NFL players who are funny successful representing the United States successful the Summer Games 2 years from now.

"I'm interested," Allen told Fox News Digital connected behalf of Natrol. The sleep-aid marque precocious announced an expanded concern with the Buffalo Bills quarterback.

Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen (17) warms up earlier the archetypal 4th successful an NFL shot AFC Wild Card playoff matchup, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, successful Jacksonville, Florida. (Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Allen acknowledged that watching emblem shot has fixed him an appreciation for the unsocial challenges the athletics presents.

"I've ever thought it would beryllium truly chill to vie for my country. Now, if I person the skillset, that's a antithetic story. I watched (flag football) not to agelong agone erstwhile it was connected TV. Those guys conscionable benignant of determination different, their hips are dipping a ft down and their capable to evade. I tin propulsion with the champion of them. But I'm amended astatine usually moving done radical than spinning and getting astir them.

Allen said earning the accidental to vie for golden and play for Team USA astatine the Summer Games would people a peculiar section successful his diversion career. "We volition see, I'd beryllium precise honored to bash it."

Goodell said the Olympic calendar creates a earthy model for NFL players to instrumentality part, with emblem shot acceptable to beryllium played earlier grooming camps open. He expects progressive players — and perchance precocious retired stars — to beryllium successful the premix erstwhile the athletics makes its Olympic debut.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addresses the media during the Super Bowl Winning Team Head Coach and MVP Press Conference astatine the Mandalay Bay North Convention Center connected Feb. 12, 2024 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)

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The 2028 Summer Olympics are slated to statesman successful mid-July.

In May 2025, a solution was introduced to NFL squad owners which would let 1 subordinate from each NFL roster to vie successful the 2028 Games. An exemption would beryllium granted for each team's designated planetary subordinate representing his location country.

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