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Column: Welcome to the Island of Misfit Sports

FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice president of football operations, speaks to the media during the owners meetings in Key Biscayne, Fla. Flag football will be played at an international, multi-sport event for the first time next week during the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama. The NFL may be the sport’s biggest cheerleader. “When we talk about the future of the game of football, it is, no question, flag,” NFL executive Troy Vincent told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) The ball sails toward the goal in front of The World Games signage during a korfball match between Belgium and Germany in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The 11-day, Olympic-style competition is being held in the United States for only the second time, at venues throughout Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) Korfball players from Germany and Belgium exchange fist bumps after competing at the The World Games in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The 11-day, Olympic-style competition is being held in the United States for only the second time, at venues throughout Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) People sit in the stands during the aerobic gymnastics competition at The World Games in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The 11-day, Olympic-style competition is being held in the United States for only the second time, at venues throughout Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) German beach handball player Isabel Kattner shoots against American defender Cedar Bellows at The World Games in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The 11-day, Olympic-style competition is being held in the United States for only the second time, at venues throughout Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) Members of the Ukrainian aerobic gymnastics team compete during The World Games in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The 11-day, Olympic-style competition is being held in the United States for only the second time, at venues throughout Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) Austrian billiards player Albin Ouschan ponders a shot during competition at The World Games in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The 11-day, Olympic-style competition is being held in the United States for only the second time, at venues throughout Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) Korfball player Amber Engels of Belgium works the ball against German defenders Lea Witthaus, left, and Dag-Bjoern Hering during The World Games in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) German beach handball player Michelle Schaffer shoots against American defender Isabelle Gosar at The World Games in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The 11-day, Olympic-style competition is being held in the United States for only the second time, at venues throughout Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) Members of the Romanian aerobic gymnastics team compete during The World Games in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) Austrian billiards players Albin Ouschan, left, and Aden Carl Joseph of South Africa sit on opposite ends of a table as a referee prepares the table for competition at The World Games in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) FILE - Team Sweden pulls during the men's Tug of War competition at the World Games on July 14, 2005, in Duisburg, Germany. Delayed a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Games open Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Alabama featuring more than 3,600 athletes participating in non-Olympic events including sumo wrestling, gymnastics, pickleball, martial arts and tug of war. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File) FILE - Sumo wrestler Takayuki Ichihara from Japan, left, fights against Keisho Shimoda from Japan, right, at the heavy weight final of the Sumo tournament within the World Games on July 19, 2005, in Duisburg, Germany. Delayed a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Games open Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Alabama featuring more than 3,600 athletes participating in non-Olympic events including sumo wrestling, gymnastics, pickleball, martial arts and tug of war. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Column: Welcome to the Island of Misfit Sports