Should #NFL players be able to play Flag Football in the #Olympics ??
It is confirmed and USA's Flag Football QB Darrell Doucette, doesn't seem to like the idea. Thoughts?
It is confirmed and USA's Flag Football QB Darrell Doucette, doesn't seem to like the idea. Thoughts?
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00:00is about Daryl Doucette, who is the 35-year-old longtime starting quarterback for the U.S. flag
00:05football team, who has spoken to the Washington Post after it was confirmed that NFL players
00:10would be able to go out for the team for the 2028 Olympics in L.A. In his interview, he said,
00:18the flag guys deserve their opportunity. That's all we want. We felt like we worked hard to get
00:24the sport to where it's at. And then when the NFL guys spoke about it, it was like we were getting
00:30kicked to the side. I felt like I was the guy who could speak out for my peers, for my brothers
00:35that have been working hard to get to this level for us not to be forgotten. Now, let me be clear.
00:41The NFL players are not just given a roster spot on the Olympic team. They have to go out for it.
00:46So if you, Daryl, and your brethren have what it takes to make the U.S. flag football team
00:57in the Olympics to be the greatest it could be, then you will be given those spots. If you feel
01:03like you are better qualified than, say, Patrick Mahomes in flag football, then you will be given
01:08that spot. I personally don't know if that will be the case, but I think that you speaking out to
01:15the Washington Post did not do what you thought it would. I don't think that it was your big one
01:19that said, oh, yeah, wait, maybe we should reconsider this. If you want to grow the sport,
01:23if you want to get eyeballs on the sport, you need a guy like Patrick Mahomes as the quarterback.
01:29I mean, maybe if you don't make it, you could just go back to your over 40 flag football league
01:36and play on Sunday morning.