A large majority — 22 — of league owners supported the ‚tush push‘ ban, but it needed 24 votes to pass. The Eagles have score 27 touchdowns on the play since 2022.
No ifs, and or buts. The “tush push” lives to see another season.
NFL owners voted to continue the use controversial play at league meetings Wednesday despite a large majority of owners supporting the ban, which was put forward by the Green Bay Packers at annual winter meeting and modified this month.
Owners voted 22-10 to support the ban, ESPN reported, citing sources, but the proposal needed 24 votes to pass.
ESPN reported that the 10 teams to vote against the proposal were the Baltimore Ravens, the Cleveland Browns, the Detroit Lions, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Miami Dolphins, the New England Patriots, the New Orleans Saints, the New York Jets, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Tennessee Titans.
Philadelphia Eagles’ owner Jeffrey Lurie made an almost hour-long speech in support of the play — a recent Eagles’ goal-line staple — at the meetings, ESPN reported, after hearing reports that both the NFL’s competition committee and the health and safety committee had voted in favor of banning the play.
