Robert Griffin III sees the NFL Flag Championships as important to grow the game

Robert Griffin III will be on the call this week for ESPN’s coverage of the NFL Flag Championships. The former Heisman winner and NFL veteran sees the development of flag football as crucial in the development as well as the expansion of the sport.

The NFL Flag Championships will air on ESPN and will feature representatives for all 32 teams on the boys’ and girls’ side.

The growth of flag football in recent years has had multiple benefits for the game of football, Griffin says. Having played in the NFL for eight years and being a Pro Bowl selection in 2012, not many fans know that Griffin didn’t start playing football until he was 12 years old.

Flag football, he says, can help grow and develop young talent to play at the next level.

First, it is expanding the game beyond the traditional landscape of being primarily played by boys by giving girls a competitive platform. Second, Griffin said it is a good way to teach the fundamentals of football before putting on pads and a helmet.

And third, Griffin sees the importance of flag football in being able to expand football globally because all that is needed is a ball and flags for tackling.

In particular, Griffin said that women have always been able to play and compete in sports at the highest level, but they’ve often lacked the platform. He underscores that isn’t the case now, with ESPN getting behind this tournament.

“There’s a negative stigma sometimes around women’s sports that people have said (that) this is just not as exciting and they’re completely wrong,” Griffin told USA TODAY High School Sports this week.

“When you see the ability that some of these quarterbacks have and the ability to some of these wide receivers in their route running and their ability to catch the football, you’re going to be impressed because you’re going to say,…

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Author : High School Sports

Publish date : 2024-07-19 14:45:04

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