Minneapolis - The second push in two months is at risk.

The Philadelphia Eagles' iconic quarterback sneak attack game debated its future at a league meeting in Palm Beach, Florida in early April. But club and league officials are not too satisfied with the future of the drama and cannot protect it for a long time.

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Officials did not vote until this week's league meeting in Minneapolis.

The vote is expected to take place on Wednesday.

Green Bay Packers have not revised their proposed ban to eliminate push balls or help ball carriers as of late Friday, league sources confirmed to Yahoo Sports. Packers can modify the language of the proposal this week in order to get the necessary 32 votes to change through alliance rules.

According to multiple league sources, the most likely amendment is: Return to the league's pre-2005 rules, prohibiting all pushes and pulls. Such suggestions can function to eliminate the push from Tush, but are made on a wider scale.

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Competition Commission Chairman Rich McKay said in March that “no one likes” how a specific putt-specific ban will target the Hawks and Buffalo bills.

According to ESPN data, Tush push only accounted for 0.28% of last season's games. Over the past three seasons, the Hawks and Bills have more than the other 30 clubs combined.

Compared to 71% of the league's 71% clips, the Hawks and bills have made their first drop or touchdowns in the past three years.

While the Hawks and Bills will be affected by statistically uncommon games, the league’s impact on actually hurting both teams is divided.

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"The results of this 0.28% of the drama are unlikely to change - the team will get sneaky results regardless of the thrust," said a source familiar with the debate considerations. "Even if you watch the drama."

"Other times he would do that, but it was after reaching the first fall."

Lack of harm data, but that doesn't stop the driving force

The Packers initially launched Tush Push Ban this spring, after team president Mark Murphy said he believed that "the game is harmful to the game" and that "no skills are involved."

Some club officials have had the Packers’ desire to file a lawsuit and their unskilled desire.

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Others, including Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, have also embraced the drama of competitive imbalance, which can reduce the value of entertainment.

"The reason we got 2 points play was because (we) said that just kicking it wasn't exciting enough," Jones told Yahoo Sports. "It reminded me of how these things went.

“From an entertainment perspective, it’s more from my perspective, and it’s a good discussion. Fans may be interested in what we do. We do things, and if someone does it well or gains an advantage, we may make defensive, offensive adjustments.

“That’s a discussion.”

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Passing a vote will require two-thirds of the buy, but for the same reason, the club does not need to vote all to support the ban. What if some clubs vote to slow down the defending Super Bowl title, while others are more of an entertainment issue for health and safety reasons? Their votes will be calculated equally. Just like the Supreme Court agrees, it is important to get a majority.

The necessary votes were not six weeks ago. However, a league source believes this week’s meeting is “usually getting the meeting the league office wants when votes are not available in March.”

In 2023, the NFL changed its kick-off rules at a May meeting, giving the kick-off a fair catch, thus starting to gain a spot on the receiving team’s 25-yard line.

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Competition Commission Chairman Rich McKay described the change at the time as “all driven by health and safety.”

The available data did not point to enough evidence to increase the risk of injury to purely because it made the game safer, multiple coaches, general managers and league representatives confirmed in early April.

But NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell still expressed concerns about safety.

"We have very little data, but in addition to the data, we've also looked at the damage mechanisms we've studied... This makes us show the risk of a specific game or a specific tackle," Goodell said on April 2. "You've seen a lot of people seeing someone pulling or pushing someone not in the tune of a push formation, and I think it does increase the risk of injury."

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Historically, the more likely the alliance has constructed changes in rules through a health and safety perspective. Last year’s hip-hop tackle ban is an example, although its data is more specific than the issue that Tush drives damage.

The May meeting offers a different environment from the broader March meeting, which invites all head coaches and general managers to participate in the rule change debate.

The only coach and general manager who may be present at this meeting is a minority on the Competition Commission.

A general manager predicts that the league will use all pushes and pulls this week.

"They will have a closed vote and the rules will change," the general manager told Yahoo Sports. "If that doesn't happen, you'll be surprised."