California weighs making flag football a girls' school sport

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The California Interscholastic Federation's federated council is expected to vote Friday on the proposal. If approved, flag football would be an official high school sport for girls in the nation’s most populous state for the upcoming 2023-24 year.

“You can love the game of football and not love getting tackled but still want to participate,” Hart Rodas said."Flag right now is aimed directly at getting more girls involved in athletics by adding a different sport that we know girls across the country are interested in, but not willing to play tackle for a variety of reasons.”

The vote in California comes amid a surge in interest in flag football among younger players in recreational leagues and burgeoning support from the NFL and teams such as the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers, which have beenScores of schools signed up to participate in the pilot and those selected to do so — and the eager young players who played in it — have widely been seen as pioneers in the sport.

 

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