Peyton Manning can't call Tush Push plays in his son's football league because it's banned

The Tush Push has become the most controversial play in the NFL, with only the Philadelphia Eagles able to consistently run it to effect.

Well, even Peyton Manning can’t get away with the play while he’s coaching his son Marshall’s seventh grade football team.

While talking with San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey on this week’s ManningCast, Peyton Manning talked about how he tried to run a Tush Push with his son’s team but got told by a league referee that the play is not allowed.

While the NFL will undoubtedly discuss the rule in the offseason, it sounds like Manning would much rather it stay around so his kid’s team can use it.

The Tush Push has officially been banned in Peyton’s son Marshall’s 7th grade football league pic.twitter.com/1jFfmW61FG

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There’s nothing inherently “wrong” with the Tush Push as much as it’s just hard to defend, which should spark defensive coordinators to work harder to scheme around it in the future rather than a league rule change.

We won’t solve this NFL problem right now, but maybe the league Manning’s son plays in can fix this faster than the big leagues can.

Feature image courtesy of ESPN.