Banning the “tush push” is gaining momentum.

Still, it’ll take 24 of 32 votes to eliminate a play that’s become a short-yardage staple for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

NFL team owners, coaches and general managers are considering several potential rule changes at this week’s league meetings. Nothing has garnered more attention than Philadelphia’s version of the quarterback sneak.

The Green Bay Packers issued the proposal to ban it, citing player safety and pace of play.

Although NFL executive Troy Vincent said last month there have been zero injuries reported as a result of the play, Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott, a member of the NFL’s competition committee, is leading the push to get rid of it.

“I feel where I’m most concerned is, even though there is not significant data out there to this point, my biggest concern is the health and safety of the players, first and foremost,” McDermott said on Monday. “It’s two things. It’s force, added force, No. 1, and then the posture of the players, being asked to execute that type of play, that’s where my concern comes in.”

MLB

Braves’ Profar gets an 80-game ban >> Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar has been suspended for 80 games without pay for performance-enhancing drug use.

Major League Baseball announced that Profar tested positive for Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) in violation of the league’s joint drug prevention and treatment program.

The suspension of Profar is effective immediately. He will be eligible to return June 29, barring any postponements.

Orioles’ Cowser goes on the IL with a broken thumb >> Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser is expected to miss at least six weeks with a broken left thumb.

Baltimore put Cowser on the 10-day injured list before its home opener against Boston. The Orioles recalled outfielder Dylan Carlson from Triple-A Norfolk.

Cowser wasn’t able to hit in the ninth inning of Sunday’s loss at Toronto after he slid headfirst into first base in the seventh. He finished a close second in last year’s Rookie of the Year vote after hitting 24 home runs.

Civale latest Brewers pitcher to go on IL >> Aaron Civale joined the long list of Milwaukee Brewers pitchers on the injured list.

Civale hurt his hamstring Sunday during the Brewers’ 12-3 loss to the New York Yankees. The 29-year-old right-hander allowed five runs and four hits in three innings.

Civale joins left-handers Aaron Ashby (right oblique), Robert Gasser (left elbow) and DL Hall (left lat) and right-handers Nick Mears (illness), Tobias Myers (left oblique) and Brandon Woodruff (right shoulder) on the IL

NHL

NHL gets 12-year, $7.7B media rights deal in Canada >> The NHL has reached an agreement with Rogers Communications on a 12-year, $7.7 US billion media rights agreement in Canada, according to a person familiar with the deal.

The contract is the latest source of revenue for the league as the salary cap continues to climb. The previous deal reached in November 2013 was worth $5.2 billion CAD over 12 years.

The NHL contracted with ESPN and Turner Sports in 2021 for the current U.S. TV and streaming rights deal for $4.5 billion over seven years combined.

Colleges

Young is named assistant GM for Oklahoma men’s basketball >> Oklahoma has hired former Sooners player and Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young as assistant general manager for men’s basketball.

He also has pledged to donate $1 million to the program, the school announced.

Young, a four-time NBA All-Star, was an All-American for Oklahoma in 2017-18, his only season with the Sooners. He became the first player in NCAA Division I history to lead the nation in points per game (27.4) and assists per game (8.7). He was drafted No. 5 overall.

Young will assist with the evaluation of high school and transfer portal prospects, help negotiate player contracts and guide players in building their brands.

Hendrickson wins the Hodge Trophy as top men’s wrestler >> Oklahoma State’s Wyatt Hendrickson, who beat Minnesota’s Gable Steveson to win the 285-pound national title, has been voted the Hodge Trophy winner as the nation’s top men’s college wrestler.

WIN Magazine, which compiles the results, made the announcement.

Hendrickson’s dramatic late takedown of Steveson gave him the 5-4 win and closed out a 27-0 season. It was the only time Steveson had been taken down all season, and it ended his win streak at 70 matches. Steveson is an Olympic gold medalist, a two-time Hodge Trophy winner and a two-time national champion.

Soccer

FIFA plans playoff game for final Club World Cup spot >> The final entry for this summer’s Club World Cup in the United States could be decided in a playoff game between Los Angeles FC and Mexican team América, depending on the outcome of a legal case involving a team that was kicked out of the tournament.

Mexican club León was expelled by FIFA this month for breaching tournament rules as it has the same owner of another team taking part — Pachua — leaving one slot open at the 32-team event.

FIFA said late Sunday that it has drawn up plans for a playoff game between LAFC and América to fill that place but is awaiting the outcome of at least one legal case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport before confirming it will take place.

Man City’s Haaland to be sidelined for weeks >> Manchester City forward Erling Haaland is set for a long spell on the sidelines due to his ankle injury in the FA Cup quarterfinal win.

Haaland had just scored his 30th goal of the season on Sunday against Bournemouth when he was hurt in a challenge by midfielder Lewis Cook.