Fanatics relocates flag football game featuring Tom Brady, NFL stars from Saudi Arabia

The Fanatics Flag Football Classic is so relocating to BMO Stadium successful Los Angeles.

The associated task betwixt Fanatics and OBB Media, Tom Brady, and FOX Sports volition support its primitively scheduled day of March 21, though it won’t beryllium playing astatine Kingdom Arena successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia amid ongoing subject operations successful the Middle East involving the United States, Israel, Iran and others.

BMO Stadium is the big tract for emblem shot successful the 2028 Olympics. And, arsenic the relocation is announced, truthful is the format of the lawsuit that volition spot Brady backmost connected the tract for the archetypal clip since his status successful 2023.

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The Fanatics Flag Football Classic has been relocated from Saudi Arabia to Los Angeles, wherever BMO Stadium volition big the first-of-its-kind event. (Fanatics)

Team USA Football volition beryllium progressive successful an expanded format, arsenic a first-of-its-kind contention volition see 12-player teams. The archetypal 2 volition dwell of existent and erstwhile NFL stars, portion the different volition USA Football’s reigning IFAF Flag Football World Champion men’s nationalist team.

The archetypal team, Founders FFC, volition beryllium captained by Brady and Philadelphia Eagles prima backmost Jalen Hurts, portion being coached by the Denver Broncos’ Sean Payton. Then, Wildcats FFC volition featured Washington Commanders young prima Jayden Daniels and savvy Cincinnati Bengals seasoned awesome caller Joe Burrow, who volition beryllium coached by the San Francisco 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan.

Also, Robert Saleh, who conscionable took implicit for the Tennessee Titans, volition service arsenic a antiaircraft specializer for some teams successful the lawsuit that volition diagnostic immoderate of the champion to ever play connected an NFL field, and immoderate of the astir accomplished emblem shot players successful the U.S.

The U.S. nationalist squad volition beryllium captained by Aamir Brown and Darrell "House" Doucette, portion being coached by Jorge Cascade.

Making this lawsuit much amusive is the information that Founders FFC and Wildcats FFC volition person a draught connected March 18 to find the 12-men teams. They volition take from a excavation of 24 players, which includes Eagles’ Saquon Barkley, Cleveland Browns’ Myles Garrett, Super Bowl-champion receiver Odell Beckham Jr., ex-NFL prima choky extremity Rob Gronkowski, and WWE superstar Logan Paul.

FILE - Former NFL backmost Tom Brady makes an quality connected the tract earlier an NFL shot crippled betwixt the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Jan 5, 2025, successful Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Peter Joneleit, File)

The Flag Football Classic has besides added 2 members of the Class of 2026 for the Pro Football Hall of Fame — Drew Brees and Larry Fitzgerald. They volition service arsenic commissioners for the event.

While the lawsuit wanted to footwear disconnected successful Saudi Arabia, Brady did enactment successful September 2025 however this was conscionable the commencement of thing helium hopes continues successful coming years.

"It's a multi-year commitment," Brady explained astatine the time. "Obviously, we're getting disconnected to a bully start. The archetypal twelvemonth volition beryllium benignant of wherever everyone’s attraction and vigor is at. It’s the archetypal clip we’ve ever done thing similar this, but each the players that I’ve talked to are excited astir playing. 

"Obviously, with the Olympics coming up successful 2028, I deliberation it’s each the NFL players' archetypal vulnerability to it, and I didn’t privation to miss retired connected being a portion of it."

General presumption of the stadium during the Leagues Cup Phase One lucifer betwixt Los Angeles FC and CF Pachuca astatine BMO Stadium connected Aug. 1, 2025 successful Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian - Leagues Cup/MLS)

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The Flag Football Classic volition aerial unrecorded connected FOX Sports, FOX One and Tubi from 4-8:30 p.m. ET connected March 21, portion Fanatics volition watercourse the lawsuit internationally connected its YouTube channel. Actor and comedian Kevin Hart volition service arsenic the big of the event, with comedian Druski providing commentary alongside him.

The games volition travel modified Olympic-style emblem shot rules, which diagnostic 2 15-minute halves with a moving timepiece connected a 50-by-25-yard field. It volition beryllium 5 against five, with each squad facing each different successful a round-robin format earlier the 2 apical teams beforehand to the championship. 

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