New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones and linebacker Blake Martinez helped run a football clinic last week for about 200 high school girls at Somers High School.
“We had a lot of fun today, taking the girls through drills and just helping out. A lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm…” said Jones. “It’s been tough with COVID the past couple of years. We haven’t been able to get out in person as much and actually be in the community. But being back out here today, back on the field playing football, teaching and coaching and spending time with these high school football players has been a lot of fun.”
Daniel Jones, Blake Martinez & @usnikefootball hosted a clinic to support girls high school flag football! ?
— New York Giants (@Giants) April 7, 2022
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“I always look back when I was a kid, any moment anybody came out, whoever it was, to help out even for five minutes, it always meant a lot to me,” said Martinez. “It showed that people doing the things that I wanted to become were able to take that time to teach me things.”
“To play varsity flag football to me means that changing times are coming, and that the world is headed in a stronger direction, a greater direction and a more equal direction,” said Devondi Michele, a member of the Somers Flag Football team. “It meant the world to be here as a player, as a team member, as a woman, and I’m very honored to be a part of that revolution.”
Earlier this year, the National Football League team donated $60,000 to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) to support the first year of girls’ flag football leagues in Section 1 and Section 4. The NYSPHAA has launched its flag football pilot program this year in six of the state’s 11 sections, with the Giants serving as the sponsor for Sections 1 and 4. Earlier this year, the National Football League team donated $60,000 to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) to support the first year of girls’ flag football leagues in Section 1 and Section 4. The NYSPHAA has launched its flag football pilot program this year in six of the state’s 11 sections, with the Giants serving as the sponsor for Sections 1 and 4. The season will begin April 19.
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Nike, a partner of the Giants and NFL, continued their commitment to growing girls flag football with a $100,000 product grant for uniforms to NYSPHSAA that was split evenly among the six sections that launched girls high school flag football programs this spring.
Thanks to @Daniel_Jones10 and @Big__Blake50 for coming to the section I girls flag football jamboree at Somers HS @TuskerAthletics @GiantsCRDept @Giants pic.twitter.com/VI0U9kzP98
— NYSPHSAA (@NYSPHSAA) April 2, 2022
