Anonymous NFL general manager reveals conspiracy theory about league's efforts to ban the Eagles' Tush Push
An intriguing perspective has emerged from a conversation with an NFL general manager and The Athletic's Dianna Russini regarding the controversial “tush push” play. “One interesting note from a GM I spoke with on the tush push: Green Bay is the only team without a principal owner. He believes that by the Packers proposing the […]
An intriguing perspective has emerged from a conversation with an NFL general manager and The Athletic's Dianna Russini regarding the controversial “tush push” play.
“One interesting note from a GM I spoke with on the tush push: Green Bay is the only team without a principal owner. He believes that by the Packers proposing the rule change, it softens the appearance that another owner is staunchly against the play, even if other teams support it.”
In other words, the general manager suggests that the Packers’ unique ownership structure, a publicly owned team with no single owner, makes them an ideal messenger for the rule proposal. By letting Green Bay front the effort, the league can gauge support for change while deflecting direct backlash from powerful individual owners who might otherwise be accused of acting out of self-interest.
NFL owners will be casting their votes over the next two days, and it's looking more and more like change could be coming — especially if league commissioner Roger Goodell is behind the scenes on it and wants it that way.
ESPN's Adam Schefter Says Roger Goodell Will Get His Way with Tush Push Votes
It's believed that the league just needs to sway eight more NFL owners to reach 24 total votes to have the Tush Push completely banned or changed.
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter had already said last monthh that if Goodell decides he wants change, then he will get change.
“I think if we go and we parse through what the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, told reporters at his post-league meeting press conference, I think it became pretty apparent that he and others want the tush push out of the game," Schefter said. "There are 16 votes that they've gotten. 16 teams are willing to overturn the Tush Push and have it banned.
"The league needs 24 votes. And Roger Goodell is a master at getting the votes he needs for the issues he wants… Rest assured, they're going to be working to get those 24 votes before the main meeting in Minneapolis. And I believe, ultimately, they will get them."
