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The Yorkshire Post's Nick Westby looks into the growth of Flag Football - a non-contact, five-a-side version of the American sport which will form part of the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles ...

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00:00We're at Leeds Beckett University for the NFL

00:29FAC football, how big an initiative is this?

00:32This is humongous.

00:33We have teams from up and down the country

00:36who have qualified to be here today.

00:38So they've earned their spot.

00:40They are looking to be the winners in their age division.

00:43We have 12U, which is mixed, 15U girls,

00:46and then we have a 15U mixed category.

00:49This is a huge deal, and the winner of this

00:51will ultimately be going to the States

00:53for the NFL championships this summer as well

00:57to compete and represent Great Britain.

00:59The talent is everywhere out here.

01:01You don't want to miss this.

01:02The kids are too excited.

01:03I'm too excited as well.

01:05And NFL flag football is going into the Olympics.

01:07How big a shop window is that for this sport?

01:09The fact that we are going to have flag football

01:11in the Olympics is firstly a dream.

01:14As a player myself, it is something

01:16that I never thought would be true,

01:18but it is only going to grow and develop this sport.

01:21We're already getting cross-sport athletes

01:23coming in and wanting to be involved,

01:25netball to hockey and also football.

01:30But this is only the beginning of this.

01:31We're hoping 2020 Olympics will then lead us

01:34to Brisbane 2032.

01:36It is just the beginning for this incredible sport

01:39that genuinely is changing lives around the world.

Flag Football - Spotlight on sport expected to take 2028 LA Olympics by storm

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