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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,541 posts)
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:22 PM Tuesday

Competition committee co-chairman Rich McKay doesn't expect tush push ban proposal in 2026

One of the most persistently debated topics of the last year may not even make a peep in 2026.

NFL competition committee co-chairman Rich McKay revealed Sunday he is not anticipating a proposal to ban the tush push during this offseason, NFL Network's Judy Battista reported.

"There's no team proposal that I've seen from it," McKay said, via ESPN. "So, I wouldn't envision it. But you never know."

A ban was proposed by the Green Bay Packers at this time a year ago, drawing battle lines in a debate that raged on throughout the spring, included public arguments for and against the play's existence, saw the Packers submit a broader, revised proposal and even led one team's social media account (the Eagles) to celebrate when the tush push's legality survived by a narrow margin in late May.

https://www.nfl.com/news/competition-committee-co-chairman-rich-mckay-doesn-t-expect-tush-push-ban-proposal-in-2026

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Competition committee co-chairman Rich McKay doesn't expect tush push ban proposal in 2026 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday OP
Sure, because the Eagles didn't win the SB this year tishaLA Tuesday #1
The Bears demonstrated the way to deal with the "Tush Push." Morbius Thursday #2

tishaLA

(14,760 posts)
1. Sure, because the Eagles didn't win the SB this year
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:35 PM
Tuesday

they only wanted to take away a very effective tool from a SB-winning team and never really cared about their fig leaves of player safety and aesthetics ("it looks like rugby, not football!&quot . Hilariously, the Bill voted to eliminate it last year but spent the season using it because, I guess, it's only detrimental when other teams (or one specific other team) do it.

Morbius

(960 posts)
2. The Bears demonstrated the way to deal with the "Tush Push."
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 09:49 PM
Thursday

They reached in and knocked the ball away.

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