“We said, ‘We don't know.' We can buy helmets and test because there's really no information available in what was good and ...

Young athletes (ages 6–14) in tackle football experience vastly more head impacts — up to 15 times more — and 23 times more ...

The Jaguars Elite 14U team advanced to the quarterfinals of the NFL Flag Championship. Brysen Wright, a rising sophomore at Mandarin High, led the team with two touchdown catches and three one ...

In 2023, about 500,000 girls ages 6-17 played flag football, according to an NFHS report in January 2025 — an increase of 63% from 2019.

Even hardcore professionals now agree to wear a flag belt on occasion. The NFL Pro Bowl has been a 7-on-7 flag football game since 2023.