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NFL owners showed disdain for the Eagles and Philly fans, but the Tush Push remains unstoppable

If the Eagles have a sense of humor, regardless of score or field position, the first play they run in their season opener against Dallas will be the Tush Push. It would be a fitting middle finger at a league that so deeply resents the town and the team that it tried to legislate a completely legitimate play that is the essence of football: strength vs. strength.

This debate was never about player safety or aesthetics or the purity of football, which is a contradiction in itself.

It always was about punishing a franchise and a fan base whose composition and disposition made NFL traditionalists squirm. Now that the Philadelphia Eagles and their fans sit on top of the world, the rest of the league will do whatever it can to take them down. For the moment, their latest effort has failed.

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