NFL players eyeing Olympic flag football offered acclimation camps in 'first step' to national team

Scott Hallenbeck, CEO and Executive Director of USA Football, called the camps the "first step toward interested NFL players joining our national team pathway."

"These camps provide players with a chance to learn the flag discipline's strategy, rules and nuance as they compete to earn their place alongside the best flag athletes in the world," Hallenbeck said in a press release. "We're fortunate to already have elite flag football athletes who have set a gold standard culture and won six consecutive world championships. Our selection process will draw from a combination of these flag football stars, former and active NFL players and elite talent transfer athletes from other sports."

USA Football will decide the 10-man roster for the sport's Olympic debut closer to the Games. It might or might not include NFL players.