Sacramento State to add women's flag football team
Sacramento State is adding women's flag football as an official team, the school announced Monday.
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Sacramento State is adding women's flag football as an official team, the school announced Monday.
With grit and grace, two Yolo County teams hit the field in Woodland, both helping forge a future for one of California's most up-and-coming high school sports: girls' flag football.
Flag football will become an Olympic sport for both men and women by 2028.
Concern is rising about brain damage young athletes could sustain while playing tackle football.
For years, the NFL has been pushing for flag football, which is played as a five-on-five non-contact sport, to be included as an Olympic event in order to grow interest in the game worldwide.
