Flag Football has exploded in popularity around the nation. In the Chattahoochee Valley, the sports has allowed girls to finally get on the grid iron where Friday Night football dominates communities around Georgia and Alabama.

An NCAA committee has recommended that all three divisions sponsor legislation to add flag football to the Emerging Sports for Women program.

The Empire 8 Conference has announced the addition of women's flag football as a conference-sponsored championship sport for the 2025-26 season.

According to the NCAA Sports Sponsorship and Participation Rates Database, a sport must have at least 40 schools sponsoring it at the varsity level and meet minimum contest and pa

The Empire 8 announced on Thursday that five teams -- including Hartwick College -- will make up the inaugural season of flag football for their conference.