The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. (PIAA) has declared girls' flag football as an official sport sanctioned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, beginning 2025-2026. According to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS),

Girls flag football is now a sanctioned sport in Pennsylvania thanks to some help from the state's two NFL programs, the Steelers and Eagles.

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. (PIAA) announced today that high school girls’ flag football will be an officially sanctioned sport in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The PIAA Board of Directors held a meeting in Mechanicsburg today where they reviewed and designated high school girls’ flag football as a state-sanctioned sport.

According to the PIAA, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles worked “in tandem” over the past three seasons to grow the sport of flag football at the youth level, causing the PIAA to designate girls flag football as an emerging sport and kickstarting the process for sanctioning.

High school girls’ flag football has officially become a state-sanctioned sport in Pennsylvania, thanks to the joint efforts of the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA).

In partnership with the NFL and NFHS Network, the inaugural girls flag football Super 25 kicks off a fall season for seven sanctioned states.

The Philadelphia Eagles sponsor a girls' flag football league and provide players with an essential piece of equipment, keeping them engaged in competition.