D3 Women's Flag Football

[Ron Boerger]

An increasing number of schools and conferences are adding this sport, both as club > varsity and as varsity.  The NFL is one of the big proponents and sponsors of this initiative, in D3 and elsewhere.  The Atlantic East conference late last month announced it would be a varsity sport this spring with games kicking off this weekend.  Participating schools are Centenary (NJ), Gwynedd-Mercy, Immaculata, Marymount (NJ), Marywood, and Neumann.  Eastern, Holy Family, Penn State-Schuykill, and Chesnut Hill will participate as affiliates.

According to a recent CBS News article, the NFL's sponsorship (through its NFL FLAG program) has resulted in the organization of over 1,800 leagues across the nation with nearly 700,000 players.  With the low costs associated with sponsoring the sport, you can expect an increasing number of schools and conferences to add this program to enhance recruiting and also improve Title IX compliance, and the NCAA (assuming it continues to exist) to add WFF as a championship sport.