A new sport may be on list for the 2028 Olympic games.
Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content DeskThe NFL has written a proposal to the International Olympic Committee to add flag football to the slate of sports for the Los Angeles Olympic games that will be held in 2028,
A vote by the IOC on the proposal will come during meetings in Mumbai, India, that begin later this week.There were also proposals to add baseball, softball, lacrosse, squash and cricket. “LA28′s proposed sports ignite the imagination on the field of play and drive culture off it,” LA chairman Casey Wasserman said, according to
The sports, according to Wasserman, are “relevant, innovative and community-based, played in backyards, schoolyards, community centers, stadiums and parks across the U.S. and the globe.” If approved, several of the sports such as baseball, will return to Olympic competition while it will be the first time for flag football and squash,Baseball was part of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics while softball was at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but were removed after the 2008 Beijing Games and brought back in 2020 for Tokyo but not part of the games in Paris.. “The NFL dominates in the U.S. You get 10 miles into the Atlantic or Pacific and it disappears.
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