In addition, 17 states and the District of Columbia have formed independent or pilot programs for the sport. Flag football is the 18th sport NFHS has provided a set of rules, and the first since ...

There were 11 people on the NFHS Flag Football Rules Committee, which was chaired by Tyler Cerimeli, the Director of Athletics & Officials for the Arizona Interscholastic Association.

Jun. 18—INDIANAPOLIS, In. — The first rules publication for high school flag football — the nation's fastest-growing emerging sport — is now available for purchase from the NFHS. The 2025 ...

NFHS flag football rules that mirror traditional high school football rules include four 12-minute periods and point values of six points for a touchdown and three points for a field goal, if ...

Six yet-to-be-determined countries — including the U.S. — will field men’s flag football teams in the 2028 Olympics. Only one player from each NFL team can try out for each country.

Five-on-five flag football is not the same as 11-on-11 tackle. Jorge Cascudo and assistant coach Patrick Alley currently lead the U.S. men’s national flag football team. ... This service is intended ...

Both men’s and women’s flag football will be part of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics with five-on-five games. Six-on-six and seven-on-seven versions also are common.

Flag football will also be added as an Olympic sport for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, in which both men and women will compete. The 16 states that have sanctioned girls flag football are: Alabama ...

Flag football, sanctioned in 16 states as the sport has added hundreds of thousands of players in recent years, now has official NFHS rules.