Report: U.S. Highschools Offering Girls More Opportunity to Play Flag Football

August 7, 2024

A recent National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) report shows that high school girls have an increased opportunity to play flag football. Eleven states have officially sanctioned games, and Illinois and Colorado will add the sport in 2024. Montana offers the sport as a pilot program.

The data compiled by the NSGA and found in its Sports Participation in the U.S. Report shows overall flag football participation at 6.2 million and female participation at 1.6 million for 2023, an increase from 2022 by 10 percent for 5.7 million total participants and 55 percent for 1 million female participants. The 2023 figures marked the second consecutive year in which overall participation increased after declining during the pandemic from 2020 and 2021. SGB Media