{"id":59981,"date":"2023-12-01T08:22:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T15:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/?p=59981"},"modified":"2023-12-01T08:23:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T15:23:02","slug":"scott-hallenbeck-the-rise-of-flag-football-and-usa-footballs-plans-for-la28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/scott-hallenbeck-the-rise-of-flag-football-and-usa-footballs-plans-for-la28\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Hallenbeck: The Rise of Flag Football and USA Football&#8217;s Plans for LA28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scott Hallenbeck: The Rise of Flag Football and USA Football's Plans for LA28\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/sportstravel-podcast\/scott-hallenbeck-the-rise-of-flag-football-and-usa\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"article_sidebar\">\n<p><b>Listen to More<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/sports-podcast-news-insight-analysis\/\">SportsTravel Podcast: Insights and Expert Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/rob-stull-growing-modern-pentathlons-global-reach\/\">Rob Stull: Growing Modern Pentathlon&#8217;s Global Reach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/john-kemp-adaptive-sports-inclusive-cities-and-paralympic-progress\/\">John Kemp: Adaptive Sports, Inclusive Cities and Paralympic Progress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/johnny-grave-on-major-league-crickets-u-s-ambitions-in-growing-the-sport\/\">Johnny Grave on Major League Cricket&#8217;s U.S. Ambitions in Growing the Sport<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/bob-kendrick-bringing-baseball-history-to-life\/\">Bob Kendrick: Bringing Baseball History to Life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/la28-program-proposal-endorsed-by-ioc-executive-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flag football being named to the 2028 Olympic program earlier this year<\/a> completed an impressive rise for the sport. Having the sport in the Los Angeles Games is a massive win for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/pro-bowl-helps-flag-football-make-its-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL in broadening its global reach<\/a>. On the IOC\u2019s part, having the NFL promoting the Olympics does the same in expanding its reach and marketing to fans of a sport who may have never bothered with the Games in the past. And having gender equality in flag football is a big reason why the IOC was open to the idea of the sport being on the program; more than half a dozen states have sanctioned girls\u2019 flag football as a varsity sport. We talked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usafootball.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Football<\/a> Chief Executive Officer and President <strong>Scott<\/strong> <strong>Hallenbeck<\/strong> about the sport\u2019s inclusion into the Olympics, its rise among girls and female participants, and much more about the sport\u2019s global reach.<\/p>\n<h2>Topics discussed in this episode:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>When USA Football found out that flag football was going to be part of the LA28 program (1:57)<\/li>\n<li>The impact of the National Football League in helping aid in the sport&#8217;s inclusion into LA28 (2:58)<\/li>\n<li>The key part that gender equity and girls flag football played in becoming part of the Olympics (5:00)<\/li>\n<li>Having LA28, the IOC and sponsors see the sport in action at the 2022 World Games (7:35)<\/li>\n<li>The rise of flag football over the past few years and the explosive growth in high school and collegiate levels (9:18)<\/li>\n<li>Using flag football to develop the sport&#8217;s global growth (11:18)<\/li>\n<li>How the high school girls flag football scene has developed in the months since the LA28 announcement (13:16)<\/li>\n<li>Using flag football to get youths involved in the sport when parents may not want them to play tackle football (14:30)<\/li>\n<li>Keeping flag football on the Olympic program beyond LA28 (17:25)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This episode is sponsored by:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goprovidence.com\/gosportsri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58652\" src=\"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10022845\/Sports-Rhode-Island-2017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10022845\/Sports-Rhode-Island-2017.png 951w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10022845\/Sports-Rhode-Island-2017-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10022845\/Sports-Rhode-Island-2017-768x275.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flag football being named to the 2028 Olympic program earlier this year completed an impressive rise for the sport. Having the sport in the Los Angeles Games is a massive win for the NFL in broadening its global reach. On the IOC\u2019s part, having the NFL promoting the Olympics does the same in expanding its 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