The NFL has vocally supported the addition of flag football to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. However, the league’s owners want some conditions for player participation, league officials announced Thursday.
Team representatives will vote on a resolution next week that would provide guidelines for NFL players looking to represent their nation in 2028.
The proposed rules include a limit of one player from each NFL team, salary cap relief for teams whose players are injured in the events, and an understanding that the NFL would sign off on the Olympic fields and flag football medical staff.
The league would also require “a schedule for flag football games and related events in such a way that does not unreasonably conflict with an NFL player’s league and club commitments.”
It’s unclear whether the NFL would change its training camp requirements. Teams often start their preseason activities in late July and early August, hence overlapping with the Olympics, which will run July 14-30, 2028.
The proposal also allows players outside America — from the International Pathway Program — to participate in the Olympics.
NFL officials said the resolution would be officially presented at next week’s league meetings in Minnesota. The resolution requires votes from 24 of the league’s 32 teams to pass.
Commissioner Roger Goodell and key owners like Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys supported Olympic participation during last month’s league meetings.
Several players, including Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill and Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons, have expressed their interest in the Olympics.