The last sport to move through the program was women’s wrestling, which was approved last month to be the NCAA's 91st championship sport.

"The Committee on Women's Athletics wants to thank RCX Sports Foundation and USA Football for submitting the application. CWA looks forward to flag football being added to the Emerging Sports for Women program and watching the sport's exciting journey to NCAA championship status in the future."

The new Olympic discipline is close to achieving the status of officially sponsored championship in the three divisions of the United States after a

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