Pushing, especially w/ this play, is quite easy to spot. It's also incredibly easy to spot when a pile is being pushed- when a RB would otherwise clearly be stopped. As for your argument about GB specifically targeting this play, I get it. I'd just be in favor of the whole act being banned.
Referees are on record as specifically saying pushing a ball carrier is hard to spot. That's the whole reason the rule was done away with
Referees occasionally missing a call is not a valid reason to remove the rule entirely.
Not occasionally. Consistently, so much so that the refs as a whole decided to stop calling it. And didn't call it for years until the league finally removed the rule. And again that was over 20 years ago. What's changed in the 20+ years since the rule was removed?
What's changed is an escalation over the past number of years, causing most plays to look like a rugby scrum. Again, it isn't just this specific play. It's all of it. It has clearly escalated. To me, it's like carrying in the NBA. Do Refs call it? No. But if you get rid of it, it'll get worse.
reinstating the rule won't help and no one is wanting to reinstate the whole rule we have a few whining fan bases and coaching who want to get rid of one very specific play. Read what they want to implement. It doesn't ban what you're talking about it only bans this one play
1. Reinstating the rule would ban the play. Suggesting otherwise is wrong. 2. Fan bases aren't asking for the play to be banned; teams are. 3. I'm aware of what the proposal is. I've acknowledged it every time you've said it. My initial comment, which was solely about the old rule, stands.
Reinstating the rule won't help because the reason the rule was taken away was because it was impossible to officiate. And you have not acknowledged what this proposal is. It has nothing to do with pushing the ball carrier.
I've acknowledged literally everything you just typed. You're talking in circles. 👋
Incorrect again. You've refused to admit you were wrong when you said they was no reason they did away with the original rule. There was. and now you don't about that there's no reason to ban this one particular play, except that one team is kind of good at it, and other teams don't like that