Commanders' Frankie Luvu chimes in on 'cheapo' push as NFL team owners weigh ban
The NFL owners are expected to reengage in talks about the polarizing tush push when they meet Club owners are scheduled to hold meetings later this week in Minnesota Last month owners tabled the vote on a proposal to ban the play that became the Philadelphia Eagles' calling card over the past couple of seasons CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMFollowing April's annual meetings in Florida ESPN revealed that the vote on the infamous play was an even split Sixteen votes in favor of keeping the tush push and votes for banning it would leave the proposal to outlaw the play eight votes short of passing Per NFL initiative a proposal requires votes to pass DESMOND WATSON DUBBED 'THE TUSH PUSH TERMINATOR ' TURNING HEADS AT BUCCANEERS ROOKIE MINICAMP My personal opinion I think they should ban it Luvu informed NFL Setup But I know the argument's going to be about 'Hey you guys have to stop it Don't get us in short yardage ' and whatnot Luvu then suggested the tush push was a cheap play and compared it to a rugby scrum But it's kind of like a cheapo play That's pretty much a scrum in rugby That's how I kind of look at it And we've got to have a scrum too on the other side And the scrum is we have a cadence where we all go at once It's not like you hard count and this and that where now you're getting us or myself jumping over the pile thinking that you're going to snap the ball That's just my own personal opinion and I'm going to leave it at that Luvu who plays linebacker for the Commanders was flagged on three consecutive snaps late in January's NFC Championship competition He jumped over the line of scrimmage while the Eagles were lined up near the goal line for their signature tush push The third penalty prompted one of the game's referees to announce Washington has been advised that at several point the referee can award a result if this type of behavior happens again The Eagles defeated the Commanders in the NFC title event and advanced to Super Bowl LIX Philadelphia's dominant performance in the event ended the Kansas City Chiefs' hopes of winning three consecutive championships Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
