NFL owners vote down proposed tush push ban
NFL owners voted against a proposed ban on the tush push on Wednesday.
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EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — NFL owners voted against a proposed ban on the tush push on Wednesday, according to a person with knowledge of the decision.
The proposed prohibition of the polarizing short-yardage play failed by two votes to reach the required majority, a 22-10 decision that will allow quarterbacks to continue to be aided by teammates when plunging into the line.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because details of the discussions by the owners had not yet been made public.
The Philadelphia Eagles brought former center Jason Kelce, one of the players who fueled the success of the tush push, to the meetings in Minnesota with owner Jeffrey Lurie to provide more clarity around the play.
After the vote was taken, the Eagles sent on social media a picture of quarterback Jalen Hurts about to run a tush push against the Green Bay Packers with the caption, “Push on.” The Packers proposed the ban on offensive players pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping or encircling a runner.
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Sometime in the last week, I was watching NHL playoffs and during an intermission in-studio roundtable, two former players analyzing the game were talking about a rough and tumble player on one team knocking around a star player on the other team and getting away with it. One of the analysts basically said (speaking from the perspective of the rough player), I'm going to keep coming at you until you do something to stop me. I guess that's kind of how the NFL owners feel on tush push. There is no basis for the NFL's "player safety" stance and NFL DC's are pretty smart people - they will eventually figure out a way to mitigate that play.
One of the most boring plays in all of sports.
I hate the play personally. It looks so juvenile and "Bush League". There are two types of plays in football, running and passing. This is neither! I don't have logic here, just straight personal opinion.