The Falcons Are Investing In Georgia’s Girl Footballers

Every accredited highschool in Georgia is eligible to use for grant funding to assist or launch women’ flag soccer packages, based on an announcement from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and the Atlanta Falcons.

The funding initiative is meant to assist colleges offset costs associated with beginning or increasing women’ flag soccer packages. The grant will cowl all prices related to operating the packages, together with gear, uniforms, and training sources. High colleges statewide, each private and non-private, that meet eligibility necessities are can apply.

The proprietor of the Atlanta Falcons, Arthur Blank’s stated the grants build on years of investment in women flag soccer in Georgia. Participation within the sport has grown quickly because it was first launched at the highschool stage. According to the Georgia High School Association (GHSA), the muse beforehand offered grant funding to a whole bunch of colleges to assist set up and maintain packages.

In a press release, Greg Beadles, president and chief government officer of the Atlanta Falcons, stated the group is committed to expanding access to the game for feminine athletes throughout the state.

“The progress, vitality, and assist for ladies flag soccer in Georgia has been excellent over the previous a number of years and has offered a mannequin to increase our assist throughout the nation. . . Arthur Blank, his Family Foundation, and the Falcons acknowledge the significance of offering women the chance to play the sport. We are honored to proceed our assist for ladies flag soccer by camps and clinics, our annual faculty showcase at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and this grant alternative,” he stated.

The state of Georgia sanctioned girls’ flag football as an official highschool sport after a multi-year pilot program. The GHSA credited sustained assist from the Blank Foundation and the Falcons with serving to colleges take away monetary boundaries to participation.

The grant program is barely one of many methods the Blank household and the Falcons try to extend entry to sports activities for younger individuals in Georgia. In December 2025, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation pledged greater than $6.3 million to 6 metro Atlanta college districts to broaden youth entry to athletics, together with flag soccer, soccer, and different packages. The funding is designated to assist take away boundaries to participation and assist bodily schooling. The following counties will see an infusion of funding of their bodily schooling and sports activities packages: DeKalb, Clayton, Rockdale, Gwinnett, Griffin-Spalding, and Fulton.

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