
At NFL meetings earlier this month the owners voted to allow players to participate in Olympic flag football, should they desire, when the sport debuts in the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. It is an exciting development in theory and also sparked what will be a years-long debate about who, exactly, should be representing the United States in the sport: professional football players or professional flag football players?
In the latest episode of the New Heights podcast, Jason Kelce presented a bold plan to his brother Travis to solve this particular dilemma: one winner-take-all game pitting NFL and flag football players against each other on the flag football field.