The existence of Tush Push came as a surprise.
And it did not come without a few last minutes and allegedly lurid wrangling in meetings of NFL owners in Minianpolis from Jeffrey Luri, the owner of Philadelphia Eagles.
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According to several reports, Luri held a court during a long speech ahead of a vote by owners on a vote of owners on a proposal to ban the drama that helped the Eagles to carry forward the super bowl in February. A petition of Jason Kellas was also shown in the pre-voting meeting, which was the focal point of Tush as the All-Prof. Center of Philadelphia over the years.
According to ESPN And AthleticLuri, while arguing with fellow owners, spent about an hour that Tush Push should survive. According to both reports, Luri took A, important, clear attitude to make his case.
Luri told her fellow owners that other teams’ efforts to ban the drama that they could not stop otherwise were like a wet dream for a teenage boy. “
This is a way to insert. And this is one way to explain why “Tempers Fleer” during the meeting according to ESPN’s account. According to ESPN, Luri’s “Weight Dream” analogy attracted the IRE of Troy Vincent, Executive Vice President of NFL of football operation, who allegedly chased Luri to comment in front of women in the room.
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It is worth noting that the Vincent Tush-Push was a proposer for the ban. And Luri allegedly criticized him and Commissioner Roger Goodll for supporting the ban during the meeting.
Jeffrey Luri, the owner of Philadelphia Eagles, recently has a lot to smile. (Kara Duret/Getty Images)
(Kara Duret Getty Image)
In his petition, Luri allegedly shot the arguments that Tush Push player presents a increased risk of safety. In fact, they called it “the safest game in the history of the game”.
Although this can be an overlapping, it is no installed data to display that the Tush push directly increases the risk of injury – even though the Green Bay Packers have created the focal point of their proposal to restrict security to the player.
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The length of Luri’s petition for at least one fellow owner became tired. According to ESPN, Jade York, owner of San Francisco 49ers, asked Luri, “How much S ***” needs to say to him because the speech had crossed the one -hour mark. But after all, Luri’s speech can prove to be worthwhile. Nine other teams included Eagles in voting, so that Tush was legally pushed, sufficient to thwart the proposed ban.
On Wednesday, there was expected to be a death nail for short-yardz play, often in the first-down or touchdown secret for Eagles quarterback jalen hurts. But to ban it, the vote 3/4 reduced two votes with a 3/4 majority, which was necessary to bring its end.
Twenty out of 32 NFL teams voted in favor of banning the play, where 24 votes were required to change the rules book. And a team that rides Tush push for just a super bowl championship will move forward in the new NFL season. Meanwhile, it is adopting a victory.