As high school football teams around the nation played their first games of the season, Nike and the NFL partnered for the second year in a row to host a formal kickoff experience at Nike headquarters in Oregon.
Headlined by the boys football and girls flag football teams of Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) and Long Beach Poly (Calif.) High School and the girls flag football teams of Willowbrook High School (Villa Park, Ill.) and Irvington (N.Y.) High School, the Nike Kickoff Classic was an effort to celebrate youth football and increase opportunities for girls in the sport.
