Whether the Green Bay Packers’ proposal to ban the tush push holds validity is one question.
Whether league leadership trusts the intention of that proposal is a different matter.
As NFL team owners prepare to vote on whether to ban the much-discussed tush push next week, NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay expressed skepticism.
“The thing that nobody likes about this discussion that we're having … is the idea that the rule is directed towards two teams,” McKay, who’s also the Atlanta Falcons' CEO, said Tuesday over Zoom. “We've had many rules over the years that come in about some play or some tactic or something that was just never contemplated, that all of a sudden is introduced and there's a rule put up to say maybe we shouldn't have that tactic or that play.