The failed proposal for Green Bay Packers aimed at banning the “Tash push” included an animated discussion between the owners of the NFL and the leaders of the League, According to ESPN. The proposal did not succeed despite 22 owners voted to prohibit the play which played an essential role in the recent victory of the Super Bowl of the Philadelphia Eagles.
During the “General Discussion” part of the League meeting, the owner of the Eagles, Jeffrey Lurie, delivered a passionate speech to defend the “push of Tash”. During her speech, Lurie would have said it would be like a “wet dream for a teenager” to create a piece so good that she led to the ban on the NFL.
Lurie’s analogy would not have been appreciated by Troy Vincent, executive vice-president of NFL football operations. Vincent, an old defensive back of the NFL which spent eight seasons with the Eagles, reprimanded Lurie for his analogy and the fact that this was said in the presence of women.
At that time, Lurie would have dismissed both the commissioner of Vincent and the commissioner of the NFL, Roger Goodell, to defend the prohibition. Lurie also said that any owner who had voted to ban the game would take responsibility to put the quarter at future risks.
With Lurie, the director general of the Eagles and former center of Philadelphia, Jason Kelce, addressed the room. Kelce, who rejected the discussion that the “Tash push” had something to do with his retirement after the 2023 season, reportedly told the NFL if he could run 60 pushes by a match.
The other owners who spoke during his period were Jerry Jones of Dallas, Terry Pegula from Buffalo and Jed York from San Francisco. Jones would have asked questions about the play, while Pegula has strengthened his desire to see the part prohibited. York, after the meeting exceeded an hour, asked Lurie “how much more s —” He needed to say. The comments of York led to a few laughs in what was a different piece.
At this stage, Goodell transformed the procedure to the “privileged session” which includes only the owners and senior executives of the League. It was time to vote.
In the end, the “Tash push” survived to see another season. Kelce, according to the president of the Steelers, Art Rooney II, may have been a great reason. Rooney told ESPN that Kelce may have influenced the reflections of certain owners on the room before the vote. Several owners would have appreciated having the chance to obtain the point of view of a player.
While Wednesday’s meeting was tense, Jones does not think it was necessarily a bad thing, he said.
“Any part that is out of the ordinary is more excessive because of the competition,” Jones in ESPN told. “This is the funny part of having these meetings, and here we are – the world champion is the main objective of Tash’s push, and here we are debating them and must decide:” Am I really against the push of Tash or I just want Philadelphia to (not) an advantage? “And I sit there and fight too.”
