SPORTS
Friday, June 30, 2017
East Oregonian
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Football
New flag football league brings out former NFL stars
By JOSH DUBOW
AP Sports Writer
SAN JOSE, Calif. —
Terrell Owens and Chad
Johnson ran pass patterns
with big smiles on their
faces visible throughout the
stadium.
Michael
Vick
was
flinging touchdown passes
the way he did in his peak as
an NFL star.
Instead of an old-timers
day, this was more of a
throwback night with those
three former stars head-
lining lineups with several
former NFL players for the
debut event of the American
Flag Football League in
hopes of showing that this
sport played mostly by kids
could have a future as a
professional league.
“I’ve played flag football
since I was a kid,” Johnson
said. “The only difference
about playing here and
playing other places, here
was much faster because the
level of talent. Obviously
everyone has played before.
It was extremely fast.”
The American Flag
Football League played
the game Tuesday in San
Jose in advance of plans by
founder Jeff Lewis to launch
a spring league in 2018. In
front of a crowd of several
hundred people, Team Vick
prevailed over Team Owens
64-41 behind Vick’s eight
TD passes and 547 yards
passing.
“It’s
something
different,” said Vick, who
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Team Owens’ Terrell Owens, left, carries the ball after a catch during a flag football
exhibition game Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in San Jose, Calif.
was attracted to the sport by
watching his daughter play
flag football. “My playing
days are over but I can play
now and not get hit, not get
tackled. I think that’s pretty
cool.”
The game featured other
notable former NFL players
such as Justin Forsett, Kerry
Rhodes, Steve Smith and
Nick Collins; lesser-known
players looking for a break
such as game MVP Evan
Rodriguez who is hoping
NFL teams might give
him another look after his
nine catches for 210 yards
and four TDs; and former
Cornell lacrosse player
Max Seibald, who was the
top collegiate player in the
country in 2009.
“I think it definitely
would help the league to
have some guys with house-
hold names,” Owens said.
“But this game is purely
made from speed. Just like
any other game, there’s a lot
of skill involved.”
Lewis knows marquee
names will draw fans in
initially. But Lewis wants
most of the teams to be
filled from a pool of scores
of younger players who
have been recently cut or
never made NFL rosters
rather than out-of-shape
old-timers.
“You could trot 45 and
50-year-old football players
out and it would be nice to
see people you remember
but it’s not going to be great,”
Lewis said. “We want it to
really be compellingly high
quality. The players who
played who have played
previously are going to be
playing because they’re
world-class athletes.”
Lewis got the idea to start
this league a few years ago
while watching his son play
flag football and wondered
what it would be like with
elite athletes instead of 8 or
9-year olds. He views flag
football, which is played
by more than 2 million
kids each year as taking the
game of football with the
speed and relatability to the
players that exist in sports
such as soccer and basket-
ball, where players aren’t
hidden by helmets.
The league plans to play
up the interaction with
fans by having players use
social media during games
and not penalizing over-
the-top celebrations, which
appealed to players such as
Johnson.
“The atmosphere was
really dope,” Johnson said.
“Being able to interact with
the fans, being able to have
your phone on the sidelines,
being able to tweet while
the game is going on, which
I got fined for before, it’s
dope. I really think this is
going to hit the ground,
hit the ground running and
be extremely big at some
point.”
Making it look like foot-
ball and not some gimmick
was paramount for Lewis.
Except for a few wrinkles
such as the center being an
eligible receiver which led
to former Pittsburgh quarter-
back Dennis Dixon catching
a 60-yard TD from Vick on
a wheel route after snapping
the ball, it looked like seven-
on-seven football.
The rules of the game are
fairly simple. Teams get a
first down by crossing either
25-yard line or midfield.
No blocking or kicking
is allowed, with a “throw
off” to start each half and
following scores — with
losers walking to the other
side after touchdowns.
Teams are allowed one
lateral per play, there are
no “north-south” handoffs
and fumbles are dead at the
spot. Touchdowns are worth
six points, with a one-point
bonus for plays longer than
50 yards, and teams are
allowed to go for one, two
or three points after TDs
depending on where they
line up.
Teams can’t rush the
quarterback for two seconds
after the snap and the QB
must get rid of the ball
within four seconds. The
quarterback can’t run unless
he is rushed and teams get
three blitzes per quarter.
Lewis
believes
the
simplicity and safety of the
game compared to tackle
football could make it
more marketable in foreign
countries where American
football hasn’t taken hold
and he believes the sport
also has a bright future as a
potential Division I college
sport for women.
While concussions are
a major concern for tackle
football, Lewis knows
selling only safety won’t
help draw in fans.
“This is an entertainment
product,” he said. “We want
them to watch it because
it’s compelling. They’re not
going to watch it because
it’s safe. They’re going to
watch it because it’s fun and
these guys are great.”
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