“Hopefully we’ll be out there,” Kaepernick said. “We’re gonna work on some things, see if we can make it in there. But we’d love to be out there.”

Flag football is an extension of American football and is one of several sports that will debut in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The no-tackling sport, where players wear flags attached to belts, follows rules similar to those of NFL football. While flag football is played in various countries, the U.S. men’s and women’s teams hold top rankings, according to the Olympics website.

Kaepernick hopes to play alongside other top athletes, such as Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who is the official face of the Olympics’ flag football squad.

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