Football stars can go to the Olympics: The NFL has voted among team owners to allow their players to participate in the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

The league announced this on Tuesday. “It is an incredible honor for any athlete to represent their country at the Olympic Games, which are the pinnacle of world sport,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

(Flag) football will be part of the official program at the Summer Games for the first time in 2028, having been a demonstration sport in LA in 1932. However, the NFL has announced that only one player from each team will be allowed to participate in the Games, in addition to the international players named by the clubs who are allowed to play for their respective home countries.

Several well-known professionals have already expressed their interest in the past. German-American Amon-Ra St. Brown also emphasized some time ago that he wants to be part of the flag football premiere.

“To participate in the Olympic Games, whether for the United States or for Germany, to play the sport I love most and grew up with, would be a dream come true,” the Detroit Lions wide receiver said two years ago on the sidelines of the Pro Bowl in Las Vegas.

A flag football competition has been held at the Pro Bowl since 2023, a contact-free version of the sport. Six men’s and six women’s teams will take part in the games in Los Angeles (July 14 to 30, 2028), with each team consisting of 10 players.