With every passing 12 months, there are extra foreign-born gamers within the NFL, and there have been greater than 100 final season.
Many US-born gamers additionally qualify for different nations via their household’s heritage, akin to Amon-Ra St Brown, whose mom is German.
“To be a part of the Olympics, whether or not it is USA or Germany, and to play the game that I like most can be a dream come true,” mentioned the Detroit Lions receiver.
The nationwide soccer federations for Germany, Nice Britain and Nigeria all say they’d take into account present and former skilled gamers, in the event that they exhibit they’re worthy of choice.
The identical goes for athletes from different sports activities. Gridiron Australia chief government Wade Kelly says that greater than 100 professionals from ball-carrying sports activities have requested about taking part in in LA.
“A lot of them are NFL followers and so they’ve realised they may play in opposition to Patrick Mahomes or Tyreek Hill,” Kelly instructed BBC Sport.
File seven-time Tremendous Bowl winner Tom Brady mentioned that the US are “going to have a little bit of a bonus, however will probably be enjoyable to observe different groups struggle for the gold medal”.
Their males’s crew will intention to win a fifth straight gold on the World Championships in Finland later this month (27-30 August) whereas the ladies’s crew goes for a 3rd straight title.
However when flag soccer featured on the 2022 World Video games in Alabama, US ladies have been overwhelmed 39-6 within the last by a Mexico crew led by quarterback Diana Flores, who final 12 months turned the primary flag participant to be featured within the professional soccer Corridor of Fame.