NFL teams can keep using the tush push after ban proposal fails

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer

EAGAN, Minn. — Facing stiff resistance around the NFL, the tush push managed to move the chains and gain a fresh set of downs.

League owners narrowly failed to pass a proposal to prohibit the polarizing short-yardage strategy at their spring meetings in Minnesota on Wednesday, keeping the rulebook as is – and pleasing the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

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