Flag Football 2032 Olympic Inclusion Bid: Regional Growth, Youth Camps & Coaching
✨ Coach, Parents & Player Tips
Coach’s Clipboard: Coach your receivers to sell that inside post hard before snapping to the sideline—fake it so well defenders bite deep and leave more flags on the field than you do on laundry day.
Postgame Parents: Turn the TV remote into a secret coach—every time you hit pause, have your athlete drop into eight bodyweight squats, stacking leg power between episodes and sneaking in a giggle with every rep.
Players Snap: Snap a quick selfie of your gear laid out the night before—no more panicking “where’s my belt?!” five minutes before kickoff.
🔎 Feature Story
🏅 Flag football steps up bid to remain in Olympics for 2032 Brisbane Games
Flag football has stepped up its bid to secure inclusion at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, competing against netball, rugby league and surf lifesaving as sports lobby for selection. With its debut set for the 2028 L.A. Games, American Football Australia CEO Wade Kelly highlights its global adoption and NFL-driven surge in popularity as decisive factors before the IOC shortlist by Christmas and final decisions by mid-2026.
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“surging popularity of the NFL made it a credible option to stay”
🌍 Regional Roundup
Mississippi: Millsaps College has hired its first flag football coach to launch a women’s club program in spring 2026 with a transition to varsity-sponsored competition in spring 2027, creating new pathways for student-athletes in NCAA Division III play.
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Kansas City: The Kansas City Chiefs and RefReps have partnered to deliver free, standardized officiating education to over 100 high school girls flag football referees in the metro area, aiming to enhance safety and game quality as the sport grows toward varsity status across Missouri and Kansas.
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⭐ Player Spotlight
Aysia Jones-Robinson – Junior quarterback, Clarksburg Coyotes. She threw for six touchdowns in a 42-0 rout of Paint Branch, finishing an undefeated regular season and steering Clarksburg to the state championship game at M&T Bank Stadium. Balancing her quarterback duties with a point guard role on a basketball state title team, she has become a role model for young female athletes.
“She’s a great leader,” said senior wide receiver Christa Lorfils.
📈 Flag Growth Focus
🔥 Nike Regional Camp Expansion
Nike’s Regional Camp & Tournament at Union Sports Complex is hosting week-long 7v7 camps for ages 6–12 across three New England sites from June–August 2025. Participants receive expert coaching, engage in daily competitions and strategy sessions, and compete for jerseys, trophies and rings in NFL-sized field tournaments.
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🔥 Millsaps Women’s Flag Launch
Millsaps College has appointed its inaugural coach for a club-level women’s flag football program debuting in spring 2026, with plans to reach varsity status by 2027. As the first institution in Mississippi to offer women’s flag football, the program will face Southeast college opponents before moving into NCAA Division III competition, bolstering pathways for female athletes ahead of the sport’s 2028 Olympic debut.
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🔥 Chiefs & RefReps Training Initiative
The Kansas City Chiefs and RefReps are expanding officiating education by offering free, video-based training to over 100 high school referees in Missouri and Kansas. This program, adopting RefReps’ immersive Officiating Education System™, will cover 156 high schools and six colleges, supporting the standardization and growth of girls’ flag football ahead of broader varsity recognition.
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⚡ FlagSnap Daily Blitz
Nike will host New England Regional Flag Football Camps & Jamborees this summer for grades 1–6, featuring top college and high-school coaches, daily 1v1 and 7v7 competitions, and a Friday NFL-style tournament with jerseys, prizes, trophies, and championship rings.
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Adam Schonauer, in his first year as Mahomet-Seymour’s girls flag football coach, led the Bulldogs to a 9-win debut season and a second-round playoff appearance to earn the 2025 All-Area Coach of the Year award.
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The Long County Lady Blue Tide opened their season with four straight shutouts—22–0 over Brunswick and 25–0 against Windsor Forest—to improve to 4–0 while defending last year’s region championship.
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🏁 Final Whistle
“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days you feel good.”
— Jerry West
