Report: NFL owners don't reach required votes to ban 'Tush Push'

The Green Bay Packers‘ proposal to ban the “tush push” did not receive the required votes from the NFL owners to pass. The play remains in effect for 2025, per The Athletic’s Dianni Russini.

“BREAKING: The Packers’ proposal to ban the tush push did not receive the required 75% support from the NFL’s owners to pass, per source,” Russini wrote on Twitter. “The tush push remains alive.”

As far as the tush push’s de facto owner, the Philadelphia Eagles, they had a fantastic reaction to the play staying alive. They posted a graphic on Twitter/X showing QB Jalen Hurts lined up for the play and the phrase “push on.”

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— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) May 21, 2025

As far as the final voting total to ban the tush push, it fell just short, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. To pass a rule, 24 of 32 owners must vote one way.

“Final vote on the proposed ban of the Tush Push, per sources: 22-10,” Schefter wrote on Twitter. “At least 24 votes were needed to ban The Tush Push.”

Initially, Russini reported that owners were leaning towards banning the play. However, it fell short Wednesday.

Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni defended the tush push after learning about the original ban proposal. Some consider it to be an automatic play, but Sirianni denied that take.

“I’ve seen some of the stuff that it’s an automatic play or that it’s not,” Sirianni said, per NFL.com. “We work really, really [hard]. I almost feel a little insulted because we work so hard at that play. The amount of things that we’ve looked into how to coach that play, the fundamentals. There’s a thousand plays out there, but it comes down to how you teach the fundamentals and how the players go through and do the fundamentals.

“I can’t tell you how many times we practiced the snap. We practice the play because it’s not a play that’s easy to practice, so there’s different ways we figured out how to practice it.”