NFL Football Revealed on Squib Kick

no no. 5

by Jesse on May 23rd, 2006

Reggie Bush will not be allowed to wear the number 5.

I think it’s kind of a shame, actually. What would it have hurt the league? It wouldn’t have, really. In fact, it would have made them look good, and it would have made the Saints’ fans really happy.

Then again, it doesn’t really make a huge difference if Bush has to change, but it’s a pity that all the fans that have known him as number five for so long are going to have to get used to seeing him in something like 37.

Atlanta general manager Rich McKay, co-chairman of the competition committee, said Tuesday that the committee had recommended against Bush’s request for his college number.

The decision was made by the committee after two conference calls. It was never discussed by the owners.

“Nobody is comfortable that an exception be made to the policy and no one is confident that there will ever be a change,” McKay said at the NFL owners meetings, adding that it might come up again, but certainly not until after the 2006 season has started.

Under NFL rules, running backs are required to wear numbers between 20-49. Since 1973, the only major change was made last year, when receivers were given permission to wear numbers in the teens because teams were running out of 80s due in large part to an increase in receivers and tight ends on rosters.

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