Early on Wednesday, based on reports from ESPN’s Dianna Russini, it appeared the “Tush Push” would be banned, but when the vote happened, the play survived.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the play, made famous by the Philadelphia Eagles, survived by a vote of 22-10 among the NFL owners on Wednesday. The owners met at the Spring League Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The NFL owners tabled the vote to ban the “Tush Push” in April and waited until Wednesday to decide the play’s fate.
The Green Bay Packers proposed eliminating the play, but 24 of the league’s 32 teams would have had to vote against it for it to be banned.
Here are the 10 teams that reportedly voted against banning the play:
According to reports, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, who former Eagles center Jason Kelce joined, talked to the other owners about the play, and in the end, it probably worked.
Here’s the bottom line when it comes to the “Tush Push.” The real reason it has become an issue is that the Eagles won a Super Bowl. All 32 teams can do the play, and some have tried with varying degrees of success; however, the one team that has done it right is the Philadelphia Eagles, and again, if they don’t win the Super Bowl, we are probably not having this conversation today.
Now, defensive coordinators find ways to figure things out in the NFL, so maybe the play will get figured out at some point.
In the end, player safety is always important to the NFL. At this point, no data supports the idea that the play is unsafe, but maybe it will over time. The future of the play is uncertain, and the question remains: for how long will it survive?
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