Fanatics relocates flag football game featuring Tom Brady, NFL stars from Saudi Arabia

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The Fanatics Flag Football Classic is indeed relocating to BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

The Fanatics Studios venture that will feature Tom Brady on FOX Sports will keep its originally scheduled date of March 21, though it won’t be playing at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, amid ongoing military operations in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel, Iran and others.

BMO Stadium is the host site for flag football in the 2028 Olympics. And, as the relocation is announced, so is the format of the event that will see Brady back on the field for the first time since his retirement in 2023.

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The Fanatics Flag Football Classic has been relocated from Saudi Arabia to Los Angeles, where BMO Stadium will host the first-of-its-kind event. (Fanatics)

Team USA Football will be involved in an expanded format, as a first-of-its-kind competition will include 12-player teams. The first two will consist of current and former NFL stars, while the other will be USA Football’s reigning IFAF Flag Football World Champion men’s national team.

The first team, Founders FFC, will be captained by Brady and Philadelphia Eagles star quarterback Jalen Hurts, while being coached by the Denver Broncos’ Sean Payton. Then, Wildcats FFC will feature Washington Commanders young star Jayden Daniels and savvy Cincinnati Bengals veteran signal caller Joe Burrow, who will be coached by the San Francisco 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan.

Also, Robert Saleh, who just took over for the Tennessee Titans, will serve as a defensive specialist for both teams in the event that will feature