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Cincinnati Bengals prima receiver Ja’Marr Chase isn’t wholly sold connected the thought of competing successful the Olympics erstwhile the U.S. gets to big the Summer Games successful 2028.
Speaking to reporters connected Tuesday aft the archetypal time of organized squad activities (OTAs), Chase expressed hesitation successful competing successful the Los Angeles Olympics, adding that helium volition request much accusation astir however it volition each play retired earlier making a decision.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) catches a walk during the Cincinnati Bengals signifier successful Cincinnati connected Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (IMAGN)
"I don't know," Chase said, via Sports Illustrated. "I privation to perceive much accusation astir it. I privation to cognize the timing for us, offseason, successful season. I privation to cognize if we're getting paid. I privation to cognize wherever we traveling each different week oregon each day, similar each that plays a part, due to the fact that we person an offseason, we person a life. How agelong would that be? I don't know.
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"There's a batch of questions to it. I deliberation it's beauteous cool, but I'm not truly 100% connected it yet."
Flag shot volition marque its debut astatine the Summer Games erstwhile the Olympics instrumentality to LA for the archetypal clip since 1984. NFL players volition present person a accidental to gain a golden medal portion representing their state — a extremity that galore pros person agelong hoped to 1 time achieve.
Just past week, NFL owners voted unanimously to o.k. a question that volition let players successful the league to enactment — a move the NHL announced it was doing conscionable past year.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) runs with the shot against the Cleveland Browns successful the 2nd fractional astatine Paycor Stadium connected Dec. 22, 2024. (Katie Stratman-Imagn Images)
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While astir NFL players person expressed excitement implicit the accidental to compete, underlying tensions from the emblem shot assemblage person risen.
Darrell Doucette III, who is already connected the U.S. men’s nationalist squad arsenic the team’s backmost erstwhile the squad sat connected apical of the satellite emblem shot rankings past year, made headlines successful August erstwhile helium claimed that helium was amended than Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes — with respect to emblem football, specifically.
He said astatine the clip that his anticipation is that NFL players volition person to effort retired for a spot to vie — conscionable arsenic the existent emblem shot players person had to do.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) runs a way during the Cincinnati Bengals signifier successful Cincinnati connected Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (IMAGN)
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"This is simply a athletics that we’ve played for a agelong time, and we consciousness similar we are the champion astatine it and we don’t request different guys," helium told The Washington Post successful a caller interview. "But we each person 1 extremity successful mind, and that’s to correspond our country. We’re decidedly unfastened to each competition. If those guys travel successful and shot retired and they’re amended than us, hats disconnected to them. Go triumph that golden medal for our country."
Fox News Digital’s Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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