Talk:Flag football

message: How exactly do you play flag football? like what are the rules? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.249.85.9 (talk • contribs) 18:16, Apr 18, 2006 (UTC)
: Exactly like regular football, except instead of tackling someone, you remove one of their flags.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.204.155.222 (talk • contribs) 23:57, Oct 18, 2005 (UTC)
:: Some other variations to the rules also due to the size of the teams and fields. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.82.27.131 (talk • contribs) 21:04, Sept 13, 2006 (UTC)
::: 65.82.27.131, Please don't modify others' comments, add your own. --Bdoserror 22:28, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: why did they come up with that name 71.60.119.170 (talk) 20:16, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Play 

message: I rewrote this page substantially.  At somepoint, the "Basics of the Game" section, which seemed like a useful introduction, had been removed; I put it back.  I expanded a bit on "Variations".  I also deleted entirely the section on the Worcester (Mass) league as being too regional and not generally useful or noteable.  Bikeable 04:16, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: I think the external links section wil get bloated with leagues unless kept to WP:NOTABLE leagues.  For now, I would take that to mean national level only, especially as North America probably has hundreds. --Bdoserror 03:38, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability for external links 

message: I removed the following:
:One highly competitive flag-football league is the ONCF, based in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.  In the summer of 2006 the ! handily won the championship trophy against the undefeated Rage.  The ! players received several league awards including League Offensive MVP (Andrew Carnell), and Playoff MVP (Sergio Novelo).  Quarterback Chris Greer was selected as the championship MVP.
If someone can provide a citation to back it up, and to show noteworthiness, then it can be replaced. --Bdoserror 03:12, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-notable competition 

message: I have removed the following link:
* Triangle Area Flag Football League
As this league doesn't appear particularly notable.  Please don't add it back until it's notability is established. --Bdoserror 21:34, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And also see what Wikipedia is not. --Bdoserror 03:19, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Triangle Area Flag Football League 

message: After initially reformatting the entry about the Hall of Fame, I searched and could not find any reference to the "National Flag Football Council" anywhere online, so I have removed the following:
:A Hall-of-Fame for those leagues is being pondered by officials. The National Flag Football Council has submitted James Scorden of Ca., Dashawn Wright of Fl., Arnold Geoffrey of Indiana, and Luis "Luigi" Orengo of New York for consideration.
-- Bdoserror 16:44, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hall of Fame 

message: I played this variety in an intra-mural league at college in the 1960's, yet this article only mentions 9 and few man versions. Wschart (talk) 19:13, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  11 man flag football 

message: Flag football is apparently called "tag football" in NZ: http://www.nztagfootball.co.nz/index.php?page=what-is-kiwitag but this is used for "touch football" in the US. --Espoo (talk) 07:25, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  tag football 

message: A large chunk of this article appears to have been removed, I'm unsure if it should be reverted.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by N8 Toe (talk • contribs) 00:50, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  possible over deletion 

message: Flag football is a bit of a tricky subject, because there literally hundreds of leagues and each use slightly different variations on things like field dimensions, scoring system, number and gender of players, fumble rules, kicking elements, blocking elements, and so on.  Posting your home league's rules is actually misleading, as it does not reflect the diversity of rules out there.  To the extent this article has a basic section it would have to include only elements universal to all flag football games--a rectangular field, throwing and catching, touchdowns (but not conversions, as leagues vary on whether they are worth 1 or 2 points, whether there is an option, whether they're returnable, and where they are attempted from), and flag-pulling.  Given that I suspect that general language about how flag football differs from traditional and a link to the rule of American football may be a better approach.  Certainly interested if others have better ideas though. Thomas Craven (talk) 15:18, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Basic rules 

message: Touch and flag football are effectively just variations of the same game.  The only difference is that tackling is accomplished via flag-pulling or hand-contact.  Street football (American) falls under the same umbrella.  I see no reason for these not to be combined in a single article.  The heading could be any of the three, or something like Non-tackle American football.  Otherwise we will have three different versions of the same article varying only with regard to the specifics of what constitutes a tackle.  Thomas Craven (talk) 15:26, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[Touch Football]] or [[Street football (American)]]? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I assume that the Canadian Flag Football League plays by a ruleset more in line with Canadian football. If so, shouldn't the intro say "Flag football is a variant of American and Canadian football"? Or include Canadian football in SOME way. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 21:37, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Found a rule book for Canadian flag football and it uses 3 downs, just like Canadian football. I've added a quick note to the lead, could probably be done better. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 21:43, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canadian flag football