Darrell “Housh” Doucette, the quarterback of the US’s national flag football team, couldn’t help but be offended at the hype video circulating online shortly after the 2024 summer Olympics wrapped in Paris.
The clip showed the superstar NFL quarterback Jalen Hurts lighting a football on fire, tossing it into the torch towering over the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and igniting the Olympic flame. Then, the face of the Philadelphia Eagles turned around, stared into the camera, and deadpanned, “It’s our turn,” before text reminded viewers that men’s and women’s flag football – a younger cousin to the tackle format where Hurts plies his trade – would make its debut on the Olympics program for the 2028 LA Games.
