On Wednesday, the NFL owners made their decision on the ‘tush push’ play popularized by the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.
After a vote was made on April 1, where half the league agreed to ban it in a proposal made by the Green Bay Packers, the owners agreed to make a final decision later on. In order to effectively ban the play, they needed approval from 24 of the NFL’s 32 teams for a 75 percent majority.
However, the proposal only got approved by 22 teams, causing it to fail by a narrow margin. ESPN’s Adam Schefter revealed the ten teams that agreed to keep the play legal, including the Eagles.
NFL needed 24 votes today to ban the Tush Push, but got only 22. Here are the 10 teams that voted against the Tush Push ban, per sources:
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Absent from the list are the Las Vegas Raiders, who apparently were among the 22 teams that elected to ban the play.
The rest of the Raiders’ AFC West cohorts were also in agreement to ban the play. The most noticeable of these teams were the Kansas City Chiefs, who lost to the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX in February.
It is uncertain why the Raiders chose to vote the way they did, but they must believe that the ‘tush push’ gives the Eagles and other teams that use it an unfair advantage. There have also been concerns for potential injuries coming out of the play, due to its highly physical nature. Whatever the case may be, the Raiders and the rest of the NFL must now expect to deal with similar plays during the 2025 season.
Ironically, the Raiders face the Eagles on Dec. 14, so they have until then to come up with a way to at least try and stop the infamous play.
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