Patrick Mahomeswinner of the LIV and LVII editions of the Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs, announced this Friday in Frankfurt that he will fight to become the team’s starting quarterback. United States flag football at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
“I want to do it. “I’ll be 32 or 33 years old, so if I still have my mobility, then I’ll try to go out and throw the ball in Los Angeles,” he said in the run-up to next Sunday’s game with the Miami The dolphins, to be played at Deutsche Bank Park in the German city. .
Mahomes, Most Valuable Player of the 2018 and 2022 NFL seasons, is enthusiastic about the possibility of competing in the Olympic Games thanks to the fact that flag football was accepted last October by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of Los Angeles sports 2028 .
“The NFL and American football have spread around the world and flag football has reached the Olympic Games. “I think it’s really great because this sport is a game that gave me a lot and I want to make sure that everyone has the same experience that I had as a child with this new possibility,” he stressed.
Flag football is a variant of American football, but without contact. Each team consists of five players. The opponent was stopped by removing one of the tapes on the side of his hip, something Mahomes said was an advantage he could take advantage of.
“I’ve seen some of those guys play flag football and I can tell that They’re a little faster than me, but I also know there’s no linemen blocking youand I might be in Los Angeles,” he repeated.
Starting in 2022, the NFL and the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) have joined forces to promote the inclusion of flag football in the Olympic Games with the goal of making this sport more popular in the world.
Another of the programs the NFL has to grow its fan base outside the United States is the series of international matches it has held since 2005 in Mexico, since 2007 in England and since last year in Germany.
This year he has three regular season games in London and two in Frankfurt. Week 9’s Chiefs-Dolphins take place this Sunday; The second is Patriots-Colts on November 12. Both will take place at Deutsche Bank Park.
Source: La Verdad
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