Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
27 Jan 2026 Acquired The NFL
“Yep, but we're a short number of years away from, I think, seeing a giant breakout star who started in flag football because it was a part of their school or YMCA program from another country.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 27 Jan 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- The NFL
Transcript context
…Yeah, I mean, that feels like one of the last, if not the last remaining big needle moving piece for the NFL. If you look at the NBA, if you look at MLB, if you look at Formula One, if you look at IPL, the fact that so many of the stars came from other countries and bring that fan base along with them is huge and that has never happened in the NFL. Yep, but we're a short number of years away from, I think, seeing a giant breakout star who started in flag football because it was a part of their school or YMCA program from another country. Also flag football is going to be in the Olympics. Yeah, and the Pro Bowl has been flag football for the last several years, right?…
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