Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was asked about his interest in playing flag football in the next Summer ...

The NFL Pro Bowl has been a 7-on-7 flag football game since 2023. The game offers a very different vision of football—one that stakeholders increasingly agree is necessary to grow the sport.

A quick rules overview: Olympic flag football will be played five-on-five on a 70-by-25-yard field with two 20-minute halves. There are no linemen, and jumping and diving as the ball carrier is ...

Flag football was conceived by U.S. soldiers during World War II for recreation. It’s a no- or low-contact game with the ballcarrier downed by pulling flags from a belt rather than tackling or ...

Now 35, he has played flag — never tackle — since he was 8 years old. He stands 5-foot-7 and 140 pounds, but as he once said, flag football makes quarterback a “size-less position.” ...

“Those guys play flag football every day. They know the rules, they know the ins and outs of everything. So, it’ll be tough to, just to say this is just going to be all NFL players.

For starters, the Pro Bowl (effectively the NFL’s take on the all-star game) will become a flag football game that will air on ESPN and ABC on Feb. 5, 2023.

SHAWNEE, Kansas (KSHB) — Female flag football has grown in popularity in the Kansas City metro area. “Four or five years ago, there wasn’t a space for these girls to play flag football or ...