The NFL is "exploring very aggressively" making flag football a professional sport, commissioner Roger Goodell told reporters Monday during his annual Super Bowl week press conference. Why it matters: Investors have been rushing the field to prop up new startup sports leagues,

During Super Bowl week media, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell revealed the league’s desire to turn flag football into a professional sport. Per Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk, Goodell spoke on the possibility of at least one pro league for flag football with the potential to have one for men and women.