Girls high school and women's flag football is blossoming around the United States, including in Wisconsin. Here's a look at some of the basics.

Conceived as recreation during World War II, flag football is taking off 70 years later among girls and women, with help from the NFL and Olypmics.

Even tackle football coaches who helmed their school’s flag programs were adapting to new rules, with shorter 20-minute halves and five-on-five action, with limits on blitzing and blocking.

Courtesy of Roslyn Flag Football League The league prohibits contact, tackling, and blocking during games, and the volunteer coaches and staff choose the players on each team to ensure an even ...

The NFL is going international, not just with its 2025 schedule, which includes a record seven different overseas contests played across five different countries, but with the 2028 Olympics. While the ...

Olympic Flag Football Rules: Field is 70-by-25 yards; ... Plus, no one is blocking them in flag football, which means a more agile player would be a better fit than these muscled-up ends.

A quick rules overview: Olympic flag football will be played five-on-five on a 70-by-25-yard field with two 20-minute halves. There are no linemen, and jumping and diving as the ball carrier is ...

Flag football is no longer merely a stepping-stone for younger kids who eventually want to play tackle football; it is now a full-fledged high school sport sanctioned by the TSSAA.

Now that flag football is an official high school sport in Tennessee there will be some new rules decided upon by the TSSAA.

Girls’ flag football has been explored in public schools in Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Northshore, Auburn, Renton, Puyallup, Mercer Island, Federal Way, Highline ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana High School Athletic Association’s Board of Directors has approved new transfer rules for athletes. According to a press release, the board formally adopted changes ...

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) has declared a new sport in the state—girls’ flag football. Female student athletes will have a new sport to explore, as long as ...