Despite the Philadelphia Eagles having success with the “Tush Push,” fans across the league are not pleased with it. They think it’s illegal and a form of cheating and the league may be leaning that way as well.
The NFL’s Competition Committee is looking into it now to see if indeed it is a legal play. The play is basically when another player is pushed by others to achieve a first down or a touchdown.
The league started to look into it during the offseason and is still studying it.
“There’ll be more data. Whether there’s injuries or not, there will be success rates; there will be teams that will have an opinion,” Competition Committee Chair Rich McKay said, via the Associated Press. “Last year, we did talk about it a lot. There were enough teams to say it’s one year; let’s see it, and leave it alone. So we did, and I’m sure it’ll be back again. But I just don’t want to get in the business of predicting because I really don’t know what the outcome will be. I do know it will be talked about.”
The league banned the Tush Push back in 2005 and while some teams are against it, others support it including the Dallas Cowboys who tried (and failed) the move Monday night against the Los Angeles Chargers.
It will be interesting to see how all of this will play out in the future.
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