The Tush Push potentially being banned for "safety" reasons has been the talk of the town this week. 

The confusion is that there has been little to no evidence found about the play being harmful to players at all. 

And it gets even more confusing because NFL commissioner Roger Goodell publically voiced his concern for player safety and risks on the play, despite the lack of evidence. 

"The discussion on the tush push was very good, we showed a lot of data, a lot of questions from the clubs, a lot of discussion about it," Goodell told reporters at the NFL league meetings in Palm Beach, Florida. "I think there are safety issues that are being considered in that case. We have very little data from it, but it's beyond data, there's also the mechanism of injury that we study, that type of thing that leads us to show the risk involved with a particular play or a particular tackle. So those are things that we did discuss."

However, what Eagles' rival and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had to say about the Tush Push ban proposal revealed that there is a lot more being discussed behind the scenes than overall player safety. 

“The reason we got the 2-point play is [we] said the extra point alone kicking it is not exciting enough,” Jones told Yahoo Sports. “That reminded me of how those things have evolved.

“It was more from the entertainment standpoint — which from my perspective, is a good discussion. The fact that fans could be interested in what we do with it. We do things, and if somebody does it really well or gets an edge, we might make defensive, offensive adjustments.

“That’s the discussion.”

So, now, it's not just about safety concerns but also the entertainment factor behind it.

It is not very entertaining when the Eagles (or the Buffalo Bills) are completely dominating the rest of the league when running the Tush Push. But as Jones said, the entertaining part about the play is how he and other teams respond to it. 

ESPN's Adam Schefter Says Goodell Will Get His Way with Tush Push Votes

This may be the only time that the Eagles and Cowboys are on each other's side, and it's very important considering the league just needs to sway eight more NFL owners to reach 24 total votes to have the Tush Push completely banned or changed. 

In fact, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter said this week 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 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 be 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."

Owners are scheduled to regroup in May, where they will vote again on the fate of the Tush Push.

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