内容摘要：It remains to be seen how cuts to the program will affect inspections and outbreak investigations in the future, Schaffner said.

It remains to be seen how cuts to the program will affect inspections and outbreak investigations in the future, Schaffner said.

, the tush push managed to move the chains and gain a fresh set of downs.League owners narrowly failed to pass a proposal to prohibit the polarizing short-yardage strategy at their spring meetings

on Wednesday, keeping the rulebook as is — and pleasing the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.The ban on offensive players from pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping or encircling a runner was supported by a 22-10 vote, according to a person with knowledge of the proceedings, speaking on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because the details weren’t made public. That’s two votes short of the three-quarters majority required by league bylaws to pass it.The health and safety committees for both the players and the owners and the league’s competition committee all unanimously recommended the proposal, which was formally brought forward by the Green Bay Packers at the previous league meetings in Florida

and tabled for further discussion. Such a ban previously existed and was lifted 20 years ago because it was deemed too difficult to consistently enforce.“We don’t set a low bar,” said Atlanta Falcons chief executive officer Rich McKay, the chairman of the competition committee. “There was a lot of support for it, a lot of discussion about it. I’ve been in that room numerous times where we’ve had these types of discussions, where one team ends up being, in their mind, more impacted than others. It still takes 24 votes, and in this case those votes were not there.”

The Eagles brought former center Jason Kelce, one of the players who fueled the success of the tush push, to the meetings to provide a first-hand account of the play that assigns a teammate to push the backside of the quarterback for extra power behind a tight nine-man line. Blockers on the end sometimes pivot to try to pull the ball carrier past the marker, too.

Immediately after the vote, the Eagles posted a pictureat his awkward best) is instantly smitten — platonically — by Austin

at his charismatic best) and why would he not? The neighbor is everything Craig is not. Craig is like one of those loser characters in theabout not becoming your parents. “It’s a school night for me!” he’ll announce when the party is just getting started.

“Might be nice to have a pal, a bud,” suggests Craig’s wife, a wonderfulwho is drifting away from her husband. His teenage son is, too. You would be as well if your dad ended a conversation with “Stay curious!”