NFL, Eagles and Tush Push
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Eagles fans are in a mood to celebrate after the attempt to ban the tush push failed, and the team is capitalizing with a sale of new marchandise.
The Green Bay Packers ' failed proposal to ban the "Tush Push" included a heated discussion between NFL owners and league executives, according to ESPN. The proposal did not pass despite 22 owners voting to ban the play that played an integral role in the Philadelphia Eagles ' recent Super Bowl win.
Owner Jerry Jones found a way to keep his franchise, long nicknamed "America's team" in the spotlight this week -- despite the fact that it's the middle of football's offseason and the conference finals in both the NBA and NHL are underway.
Sources: Tempers flare as Eagles defend tush push in heated debate - ESPN The voting finished just two votes short of the needed 75 percent, with a final vote of 22-10, and it's possible that Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie's hour-long speech pushed a couple of teams back into the "no" column on the vote.
The Browns were one of the 10 teams that voted against a proposal that would have outlawed push plays like the Philadelphia Eagles' "tush push."
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Debate over the tush push led to a heated exchange between NFL owners and league executives, sources told ESPN.
Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys have had to watch the Philadelphia Eagles win multiple Super Bowls in recent years.
Colts coach Shane Steichen and Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon parlayed the Eagles' tush-push-fueled Super Bowl run into their current gigs.