The road to pro flag football is forming. TMRW Sports and the NFL held their planned league’s first qualifier at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this week.
57 men’s and women’s athletes from nine countries participated in drills, flag-pull training, and simulated gameplay. Top performers subsequently advance to next year’s combine and additional tryouts planned for the US and abroad.
Piloted by former NFL GM and newly minted flag football operations head Champ Kelly, the league is expected to launch ahead of the sport’s Olympic debut in 2028.
“The invited athletes came to compete,” Kelly said. “But I also want to be clear, we’re casting a wide net. We want flag football’s elite, and we want the cross-sport athlete who doesn’t even know yet that flag is their sport. We’re going to find them both.”
