Too old for gold? Here’s what Patrick Mahomes said about Olympic flag football
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- Patrick Mahomes supports Olympic flag football but plans to skip 2028 games.
- Mahomes cites age and NFL tenure as reasons for likely passing on participation.
- Travis Kelce expresses interest in coaching role despite possible retirement by 2028.
Earlier this month, the NFL opened the door for its players to compete in the inaugural flag football competition at the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Patrick Mahomes may have closed it — at least when it comes to his possible participation.
“It’s awesome to showcase the NFL to the whole world through flag football,” Mahomes said Thursday after the Chiefs’ OTA practice. “But I’ll probably leave that to the younger guys. I’ll be a little old by the time that thing comes around.”
Mahomes will be 32 and will have been in the NFL for 11 seasons when the Olympics are contested Los Angeles.
The three-time Super Bowl champion quarterback received an endorsement from Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson.
“I mean, it’s going to be difficult to beat out Patrick Mahomes for the starting quarterback spot,” Jefferson told Tom Pelissero of NFL.com. “That one’s going to be tough for sure.”
On the New Heights podcast this week, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his co-host brother Jason talked about the possibility of Travis appearing in the Olympics.
“I’ve got to get hip to the rules, so I can get ahead of the curve,” Travis Kelce said.
Kelce is 35 and might be out of football by then. But he liked the idea of contributing,
“Even if I’m just like an assistant coach or something, I gotta get in there somehow,” Kelce said.
This story was originally published May 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM.