Our Olympic flag football dream teams for the U.S. and Canada

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Yesterday, the NFL's 32 team owners voted unanimously to give their players the green light to compete in the Olympic debut of flag football in 2028.

There's still work to do before we potentially see NFL stars on the smaller gridiron in Los Angeles. The league must reach deals with the NFL Players' Association, the International Olympic Committee and various national governing bodies on stuff like insurance policies for injuries, marketing rights and how and when teams will be picked. But the NFL has been pushing for this moment for years, including converting its annual Pro Bowl game to a flag format, so expect those deals to get done.

With that in mind, I thought it would be fun to pick a flag football Dream Team for the United States, home to more than 95 per cent of the NFL's players, and Canada, the top non-U.S. producer of NFLers and home of the world's second-best pro football league in the CFL.

A few things to know before we get to the teams:

* Qualification for the men's and women's flag football events at the 2028 Olympics has not yet taken place. Each tournament will include six teams, with 10 players on each team. Under the NFL's proposal, a maximum of one player per NFL team is allowed on each national team.

* The U.S., Canada and other countries already have national flag football teams that compete in the world championships and other international tournaments. These athletes specialize in flag football, and some have expressed resentment over NFL stars potentially taking away their chance to play in the Olympics. Flag football involves different skills