Micah Parsons has made a commitment to represent the United States in flag football at the 2028 Summer Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee has authorized the sport for the games, which has excited some prominent NFL players, including as wide receiver Tyreek Hill and former tight end Rob Gronkowski.
Both athletes have indicated that they would like to play for Team USA, and Parsons has now added his name to the hat and begun recruiting for a superteam. The 24-year-old, who plays linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys, anticipates playing offensively when he dons an Olympic uniform.
“Flag football is coming to the Olympics in 2028, who should be on the US team? I should be on the US team,” he said on his ‘The Edge’ podcast this week.
“Because I can’t do it on track and I can’t do anything else but I can play some flag football. I think I might be playing offense.”
Micah Parsons wants in on the olympics and he's putting out the call to form a superteam 👀 pic.twitter.com/XyQnUDwLXb
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Parsons has named Justin Jefferson, Ja’Marr Chase, and CeeDee Lamb as additional wideouts he would want to see join him and Hill.
“Everyone of our guys must be on the team.” “We should run through everyone like we do in wrestling and everything else, Justin Jefferson, Ja’Marr Chase, CeeDee Lamb,” he said.
Since football is a national sport and is played almost exclusively in the United States, gold is predicted for the country at the competition. Less than that would be a great source of shame.