Could Aaron Rodgers play flag football on the US Olympic team?

Rodgers says flag football, which will be an Olympic sport in 2028, could be part of its “next chapter.”

Aaron Rodgers…Olympic champion?

A well-known anti-vaxxer who reportedly believed in conspiracy theories about Y2K, Jimmy Kimmel and Jeffrey Epstein, and possibly even 9/11, New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has become a controversial figure – and before the age of 40 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was rumored to be running for the 2024 presidential nomination as vice president. Even though the former Super Bowl winner didn't make it to RFK Jr., he may still have hopes of joining a roster other than the Jets: the 2028 U.S. Olympic team as a flag football player.

Rodgers recovered from an Achilles tendon injury that sidelined him for all of last season just moments into New York's first game against the Bills and entered the third annual RX3 Flag Football Tournament at Saddleback College in March California. Rodgers, who co-founded investment firm RX3 Growth Partners with Nate Raabe and Byron Roth, was joined at the event by other NFL quarterbacks including Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills, Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions and Bryce Young of the Carolina Panthers.

According to an NFL social media post, the event raised nearly $3 million for charity. “Every year we try to increase the total amount of our donations to the various charities and increase awareness of our portfolio companies,” said Raabe, managing director of RX3 Bloomberg.

Rodgers is also quoted in the article discussing the possibility of playing for Team USA when flag football becomes an Olympic sport for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles. “The recent growth of flag football has been exciting to watch,” he said. “Who knows, considering it’s an Olympic sport in 2028 and NFL players have the potential to get involved? It could be part of the next chapter of my football career.”

And what an interesting chapter it would be, since Rodgers, who will be 41 before the start of the next Super Bowl, will likely be out of the NFL by the LA Games. Will Rodgers really stay in good playing shape and remain calm enough in interviews for USA Football to select him for the 28-man roster? It's hard, but not impossible, to imagine. (If Rodgers makes the squad, he'll have plenty of help…)

Should Rodgers play in the Olympics in 2828, he better hope that the little boy who picked him up at his flag football event earlier this year isn't an international athlete on one of the opposing teams.