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NFL players volition beryllium allowed to vie successful the Olympics for the Team USA emblem shot squad erstwhile the Summer Games deed Los Angeles successful 2028.
Darrell Doucette III is already connected the U.S. men’s nationalist squad arsenic the team’s quarterback. The United States sat connected apical of the satellite emblem shot rankings past year.
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Quarterback Darrell Doucette, #7, prepares to manus the shot to wide receiver Darius Davis, #4, during the American Flag Football League Ultimate Final crippled betwixt the Fighting Cancer and Godspeed connected July 19, 2018 astatine BBVA Compass Stadium successful Houston. (Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
It is due to the fact that of that occurrence that Doucette said that helium hoped helium and his teammates would person a changeable to vie for a spot connected Team USA with the influx of nonrecreational shot players acceptable to effort retired arsenic well.
"The emblem guys merit their opportunity," Doucette told The Washington Post successful a caller interview. "That’s each we want. We felt similar we worked hard to get the athletics to wherever it’s at, and past erstwhile the NFL guys spoke astir it, it was similar we were getting kicked to the side. I felt similar I was the feline who could talk retired for my peers, for my brothers that’s been moving hard to get to this level, for america not to beryllium forgotten."
Doucette added that helium believed the squad is bully capable arsenic it is to triumph golden successful Los Angeles.
An Olympic rings emblem astatine the University of Southern California connected March 30, 2025 successful Los Angeles. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
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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 outlet. "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."
The men’s nationalist squad has won the satellite title 5 consecutive times.
NFL owners unanimously approved players’ information successful emblem shot during their gathering past week.
Doucette already ruffled feathers past twelvemonth erstwhile helium said helium was amended than Patrick Mahomes astatine the athletics due to the fact that of his "IQ of the game."
Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes chews his mouthguard during warmups earlier an NFL shot crippled against the Denver Broncos connected Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024 successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)
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"At the extremity of the day, I consciousness similar I’m amended than Patrick Mahomes due to the fact that of my IQ of the game. I cognize he’s close present the champion successful the league, I cognize he’s much accurate, I cognize helium has each these intangibles – but erstwhile it comes to emblem football, I consciousness similar I cognize much than him," helium told TMZ Sports past year.
Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
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