Despite tush push debate, no guarantee for new vote, sources say

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Despite the anger about another year of the tush push and the debate it already has sparked this season, the controversial play might not be going anywhere.

League sources told ESPN that there are no assurances that the tush push issue will be brought up for conversation or a vote by the NFL this offseason.

One source told ESPN that, after the hotly contested conversation the play raised last offseason and the emotions it aroused, he believes the entire issue needs to be tabled for a year before it could be raised again.

There also is the practicality of another attempt to ban the play. The author of the proposal to ban the tush push this past offseason was Green Bay Packers…