The Green Bay Packers ' failed proposal to ban the "Tush Push" included a heated discussion between NFL owners and league executives, according to ESPN. The proposal did not pass despite 22 owners voting to ban the play that played an integral role in the Philadelphia Eagles ' recent Super Bowl win.

According to The Athletic's Dianna Russini, NFL owners voted Wednesday to reject the proposal to ban the tush push, a play made famous by the Eagles that features players shoving the quarterback from behind to generate forward momentum.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones voted in favor of the rule that would have banned the Eagles' tush push, but he admitted that he's not sure himself whether he really thinks the play should be taken out of the game,

The Lions voted to keep the "tush push" in football. Dan Campbell explained this spring why: “If you’ve got something, we’ve gotta stop it. So, like, to me, leave it in," he said at the owners meetings in April.

Bears coach Ben Johnson didn’t sound too concerned about the “Tush Push” hours after the Eagles’ patented quarterback sneak survived an attempt to ban it at the owners’ meeting in Minnesota.

The tush push remains alive after Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and future Hall of Fame center Jason Kelce led a last-ditch effort to save Philly’s signature play. Despite, according to league sources, the NFL’s competition committee and health and safety committee voting unanimously to ban the play,