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Michael Kadlick

Roger Goodell Sure Sounds Like He’s in Favor of Banning the Tush Push

Goodell presents Jalen Hurts with the Super Bowl LIX MVP award. | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

The NFL is wrapping up their annual league meetings in Palm Beach, Fla., this week and while some rule changes—such as new regular season overtime rules and a new way to measure first downs—were approved, an important decision on whether or not to ban the "Tush Push" has been tabled.

As we know, the innovative quarterback sneak made popular by the Philadelphia Eagles is a polarizing play laced with both injury concerns and questions about whether it's a "football play." When speaking on the all things "tush" and "push" on Tuesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell gave his take on the matter—and sounded in favor of a rule change.

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