Should I care about Tom Brady, Logan Paul and flag football? I need to know | Opinion

So, am I maybe tuning in to watch flag football on Saturday afternoon? Or is this all just scripted WWE nonsense – did I say nonsense? I meant “entertainment” – we’re about to be fed?

I need to know in order to determine whether I’m in or out, y’all. To be clear, I fully grasp that flag football is a nascent sport – at least in terms of its national interest as a spectator sport – and one with surging popularity, and I truly appreciate that. I imagine it’s going to draw great interest domestically and abroad amid its Olympics debut in the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles given American football’s profile generally seems to be exploding around the globe – the NFL has scheduled a record nine regular-season games internationally for the 2026 season, including the first to be held in Australia, Paris and Rio De Janeiro.

Flag also seems to be a fantastic gateway to get more women on the field while providing them increasing opportunities to get college scholarships , is a safer way to get children playing football and – let’s just say it – might be the direction the NFL evolves toward one day if its dominant position on the American sporting landscape goes the way of boxing or horse racing, glory sports in the U. S. once upon a time.

(And, yes, plenty of football fans and even current and/or recent players think the league already resembles flag too closely, but I digress. ) And while I digress, I hope the purity of this endeavor – to whatever degree that’s true – doesn’t also go off the rails the way Saturday’s Fanatics Flag Football Classic could be headed. (“Classic.