Browns and Bridgestone continue their efforts to promote girls flag football during October training

Bridgestone, PLAG and the Browns hosted a girls’ flag football clinic on Oct. 1 at the CrossCountry Mortgage Campus, where QB Dorian Thompson Robinson led the athletes in flag football drills and leaders from all three organizations met with the girls prior to field day Participants spoke about their experiences as professionals.

“We want the girls to know that we support them in every endeavor, and we want them to be prepared,” said PLAG Program Director Ashley S. Green during the event. “So today the girls were able to hear an inspiring discussion from some of the Browns and Bridgestone Americas executives and now they were able to learn some on-field skills and drills.”

For Thompson-Robinson, who has two sisters and describes himself as an advocate for women’s sports, athletes jockeyed around cones and ran routes.

“We want to show them that we care about them, that we want them to succeed and we want them to have fun,” Thompson-Robinson said.

Bridgestone’s flag football activities are designed to help girls realize their athletic ambitions while developing important life skills that can be translated on and off the field. The field days are just one way the organization is making an impact on the fast-growing sport, as well as providing additional support by meeting equipment, training, transportation and technology needs.

Bridgestone’s collaboration with PLAG and the NFL is an extension of the company’s broader What Really Matters platform. Its efforts aim to have a positive and sustainable impact on people, the environment and mobility in the local communities in which the company operates.

The Browns first partnered with Bridgestone in 2019 and expanded their partnership to work directly with girls flag football in 2023.

“Working with Bridgestone allows us to highlight the different career paths available to young girls, while using the sport of soccer as a gateway for them to explore these opportunities,” said Hannah Lee, manager of youth soccer.