Sports<\/a>, joining after his retirement in 2023. Flag football, meanwhile, is set to make its Olympics debut in 2028, with the NFL helping to invest in the sport\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited to return to the field, get the competitive juices flowing alongside some of the game\u2019s brightest stars and iconic legends and bring a truly unique global sports event to fans everywhere during Riyadh Season,\u201d Brady said in a statement. \u201cI have always admired the power of flag football and how it connects fans of all ages, and it\u2019s awesome to be able to showcase the sport on such a global stage while joining together so many incredibly skilled athletes. I\u2019m looking forward to partnering with Turki Alalshikh, Fanatics, OBB Media, my team at Shadow Lion and my friends at Fox Sports to showcase some fierce competition. And I will be bringing home the trophy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cAt Fox Sports, we\u2019ve built our legacy on delivering sports\u2019 greatest stages and unforgettable moments to fans \u2014 and we\u2019re proud to say The Fanatics Flag Football Classic is the next chapter in that story,\u201d Fox Sports CEO and executive producer Eric Shanks added. \u201cThis bold, first-of-its-kind global event pairs one of the fastest-growing sports with a remarkable caliber of athletes and, with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia set to host, we can\u2019t wait to showcase the incredible energy and excitement from Riyadh.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tRiyadh Season is an effort by Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Entertainment Authority to create an entertainment and sports festival. Riyadh Season has helped sponsor or fund events like major boxing matches, WWE events and UFC fights, as well as original events like the 6 Kings Slam in tennis. Last week the WWE announced that it would bring Wrestlemania to Saudi Arabia in 2027 as part of Riyadh Season.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cRiyadh Season prides itself on staging world-class events and this is certain to be the biggest competition of its kind yet in flag football, bringing together some of the most prominent names in sports and entertainment for what promises to be a highly competitive and unforgettable event,\u201d said HE Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority. \u201cWe are pleased to be playing our part in supporting flag football\u2019s continued growth and using the platform of Riyadh Season to bring the game to a new and wider audience around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe event is also a major expansion into media for Fanatics, the apparel and collectibles company led by Michael Rubin.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThis event represents the expanding global sports landscape in the Middle East \u2014 something we\u2019re really passionate about at Fanatics as it\u2019s becoming a major market for sports collectibles,\u201d Rubin said. \u201cWe\u2019re also excited about helping fans around the world connect deeper with top athletes through flag and American football. Alongside Tom, football\u2019s greatest global ambassador, Turki Alalshikh and his team in Saudi Arabia, Fox Sports, and our partners at OBB Media and many others, this event will bring together icons from every corner of sports, entertainment and culture for an experience unlike anything we\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThis will be the ultimate celebration for football fans everywhere and introduce a whole new audience to America\u2019s most popular game,\u201d added OBB Media CEO Michael D. Ratner. \u201cFlag football is the fastest-growing sport in the world, and with LA28 on the horizon, the timing couldn\u2019t be better to showcase it on a global stage. We\u2019re thrilled to produce a world-class event that celebrates the intersection of the game and pop culture.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Brady is coming out of retirement and returning to the football field \u2026 the flag football field.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":230785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,171,41318,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-230784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-fox-sports","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}