Jason Kelce invited to squash perceived notion of Tush Push causing his retirement

The Philadelphia Eagles' Tush Push ban saga took an interesting turn on Wednesday morning before being put to a vote.

During the latest episode of the podcast New Heights, former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce shared with his co-host and brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, that he was invited to the NFL owners meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to speak on the potential Tush Push ban proposed by the Green Bay Packers. At the time of the recording, Jason Kelce shared he was hearing that there was discussion in last month's meeting regarding the play being part of the reason he retired.

He went on the record to say that it wasn't part of the reason and shared his full thoughts on whether the play should be banned as well as his thoughts on running the play.

"Some of the owners and coaches hinted that the reason I stopped playing was because of the Tush Push and that I got hurt on the Tush Push frequently. I'm just going to answer questions people will have about my partaking in this play. I don't care whether it gets banned or not. I think that at the end of the day, this is why you vote on things and if they vote to ban the Tush Push, the Eagles are still gonna run quarterback sneak at a very high percentage. If anybody has any questions about the Tush Push or whether I retired because of the Tush Push, I'll tell you this right now, I'll come out of retirement today if you tell me all I gotta do is run 80 Tush Pushes to play in the NFL. I'll do that gladly."