The NFL is set to launch professional flag football leagues for both men and women within the next couple of years, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced at the Leaders in Sport conference in London’s Twickenham Stadium on Thursday, as first reported by the Associated Press . The new leagues aim to debut ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics , where flag football will make its Olympic debut as an official sport. Goodell expressed optimism about the significant interest in establishing these leagues and highlighted the growing enthusiasm for flag football worldwide.

“We’re committed to creating a women’s professional league, and a men’s professional flag league,” Goodell said. “We’ve had a great deal of interest in that and I expect that we’ll be able to do that, launch that

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