WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The Green Bay Packers' proposal to ban the push sneak, popularly known as the "tush push," has support within the competition committee, a source with direct knowledge told ESPN.
Another source with direct knowledge of competition committee thinking said the proposal will be "hotly contested" among the coaches, general managers and owners as they gather for league meetings this week.
The league office staff presented the rules proposals during the football operations meeting Sunday afternoon, and two sources in the meeting described the back and forth about this proposal to "prohibit an offensive player from pushing a teammate who was lined up directly behind the snapper and receives the snap, immediately at the snap," as "heated.