The NFL’s ongoing push for worldwide exposure gets another boost in a proposal for the Games that includes flag football, baseball and softball, lacrosse, squash and cricket.
AFC wide receiver Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins carries the ball as he tries to elude NFC cornerback Tariq Woolen, left, of the Seattle Seahawks and outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith of the Minnesota Vikings during a flag football event at the 2023 NFL Pro Bowl in Las Vegas.
Though participation numbers have been declining, there is no bigger spectator sport in the U.S. than football. Bringing its less-violent cousin into the Olympics would mark a huge victory for the NFL, which has been staging a handful of games in Europe for more than a decade now and is always looking for ways to grow both its participation and its audience beyond western Europe and the U.S.
While flag football will feel familiar to the home fans, cricket will be a steep learning curve. It is almost a complete mystery in the United States. Bringing a sport with no roots in America onto the program could be viewed as a sweetener for places where it is popular, such as Australia, which is hosting the Olympics in Brisbane in 2032, and maybe even India, which is viewed as a potential host of the games in the future.
Unclear is whether other sports will have to trim the number of disciplines to help the IOC adhere to the limit it set of 10,500 athletes at a Summer Olympics. The addition of five team sports will inflate the number of participants.
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