The NFL is officially going global. A week after confirming dates for a record seven international games on its 2025 schedule, the league announced it voted to approve potential player participation in the 2028 Summer Olympics.

On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the latest with the NFL and flag football‘s inclusion in the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

The latest news from the league meetings include a vote for NFL players at the Olympics, a vote against banning the “tush push” and a halftime show teaser.

NFL players could participate in the 2028 Summer Olympics after team owners approved their status to try out for flag football at league meetings in Minneapolis this week. But it won’t be the first time NFL athletes have seen the worldwide stage.

Four-time All-Pro and San Francisco 49ers great Fred Warner should be a name that the committee handling the US Olympic flag football team calls. He has been one of the NFL’s premier linebackers for the last half-decade and has the physical makeup and high football IQ that make him a perfect fit for flag football.

As soon as NFL owners unanimously approved allowing players try out for Olympic flag football when it debuts at the 2028 Los Angeles Games, hypothetical rosters full of the game's brightest stars started popping up.

The Austin ISD is one of 11 Texas school districts to have a flag football tournament for all its members. Perhaps it will be a UIL sport someday.

Flag football at the 2028 Olympics could be best answer the NFL has ever had to motivate the entire world to pick up a football. But will the league allow its players to compete?