LOS ANGELES.- The owners of the teams of the NFL They will vote next week a resolution that would authorize their players to compete in the Olympic Tournament of ‘Flag Football’, a no contact mode of the American football, of the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028.
According to a statement issued Thursday by the League, the matter was included in the agenda of the meeting held by the owners in Minnesota.
The resolution establishes the norms of participation of the NFL figures that, in case of receiving the green light, could form a new ‘Dream Team’ that expands the popularity of their sport worldwide.
The regulation on the table contemplates the inclusion of a single player per team in each of the participating national teams.
Several NFL stars have expressed interest in competing for the Olympic medals of the ‘flag football’.
Among them stand out the ‘Quarterbacks’ Patrick Mahomes (Chiefs) and Jalen Hurts (Eagles), rivals in the last Super Bowl.
In the ‘Flag Football’, which usually confronts teams of five members (sometimes seven), to stop a player, one of the two cloth strips holding their hips must be taken away.
This modality does not allow physical obstruction, which considerably reduces the risk of injuries, including brain shocks, one of the great dangers in American football.
Several injured after Barcelona game
Several people were injured on Thursday when they were hit by a vehicle before the start of the derby between Espanyol and FC Barcelona, according to the Catalan Regional Police.
“Various people injured around the Espanyol Stadium when they were run over by a vehicle,” said the Mossos d’Esquadra, the Catalan Regional Police, in their X account.
“The situation is controlled and in no case represents a risk for the people who are inside the sports venue,” they added.
Previously, a Mossos spokesman had indicated to the AFP that, in principle, the event “would be accidental.”
The outrage, for the moment, left 13 affected, none of them serious, according to the Catalan medical emergency service in X, which added that they were still doing attention in the surroundings of the Espanyol stadium, located in Cornellà de Llobregat, a town in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.
In a later message, the Regional Police indicated that “the driver of the vehicle has been arrested.”
After starting the match, the referee briefly stopped the game and for the megafonia it was reported that there had been an outrage outside the stadium, but without serious injuries.
The meeting resumed shortly after.
