Last month, women's flag football became a collegiate sport. This week, the NFL announced that 15 colleges have already committed to starting programs. The sport will create new full scholarship opportunities for women who'll begin to compete next spring.
Last month, The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics , National Football League , and Reigning Champs Experiences partnered to make women's flag football a collegiate sport.
Just yesterday, the NFL announced that 15 colleges have already committed to starting programs. The new sport will create new full scholarship opportunities for women who will begin to compete in the spring of 2021."We just closed out 100 years of football," NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent told me."Well, this is an example of what the next 100 years of football can look like.
— TroyVincentSr June 29, 2020 NFL Flag and RCX will support the NAIA in the development of league infrastructure, which is uncharted territory for the governing body. The NAIA says this will be the first women's flag football competition governed by a collegiate athletics association.Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was recently named chairman of NFL FLAG, the NFL's official flag football league, and largest youth flag football organization in the U.S.
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