Packers CEO holds out hope for tush push ban
The Green Bay Packers proposed a rule change that would effectively ban the fabled tush push in the NFL, and CEO Mark Murphy expressed optimism that the rule would pass.
The tush push ban was the talk of the NFL's annual meeting, but owners tabled the discussion about whether to prohibit it until May. The Packers’ proposal would "prohibit an offensive player from pushing a teammate who was lined up directly behind the snapper and receives the snap, immediately at the snap." Essentially, the tush push would be banned because of this.
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Murphy expressed optimism that the proposal would be adopted.
"I think it ended up in a good place," Murphy said, via Pro Football Talk. "We ended up tabling it, but we had a really good discussion, talked a little bit about our safety concerns regarding the play, just kind of the style of the play, but good interaction with the league and so it’ll be tabled and then what we’re going to do is it’ll be voted on in the May meeting, and so we’re going to go — in 2005, the league did away with the rule that you couldn’t push runners, and so we’re going to go back and see the language that we had in 2004, and I’m optimistic.
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"I think there’s enough people that kind of look at it and say it’s really not good for the game, it’s more a rugby play than a football play, just kind of go back to what used to be the rule."
Rich McKay, the NFL Competition Committee chair, said earlier this month the issues go beyond safety because there is not enough data to say whether it is a dangerous play. The league has said there have been no injuries reported over the tush push.
It takes 24 votes to approve rule changes.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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