So I actually have a friend that has played on the National Flag Football circuit for a while now and he has been invited to the Olympic tryouts. In his flag football journey he has played against multiple recently retired NFL players and one of the biggest things he has talked about is how the game has a few differences but and those differences are pretty significant. While some NFL stars could be fantastic others who are used to contact and breaking tackles wouldnt be good fits at all.
The flag football resolution establishes rules and a basic structure for how the NFL hopes to see the process work, subject to negotiations with the NFLPA and Olympics-related entities. They include:• Permission for any player under NFL contract to participate in tryouts• A limit of one player per NFL team on each national team participating• Allowing, in addition, a team's designated international player to play for his home country• A purchase of leaguewide insurance policies to provide injury protection for any player injured while participating in an authorized flag football activity related to the Olympics• A salary cap credit for any player who is injured• An expectation that Olympic flag football teams will establish medical staffs and field surfaces that comply with NFL minimum standards• A schedule that "does not unreasonably conflict with an NFL player's league and club commitments."