Reggie Bush will appeal to wear No. 5 in NFL - Page 3

**chefsos** · 04-11-2006, 02:11 PM

Here's how it shakes out in my perfect twisted world:

1) Bush's appeal is quickly successful.
2) Philly trades up and drafts him...

Anyway, if this happens it'll be anarchy. Anarchy, I tell ya.
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Bush will appeal to wear No. 5 in NFL
By Stacey Pressman
ESPN.com

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft0...e=NFLHeadlines

How much trouble is a number worth?

Reggie Bush, projected as the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft, thinks it's at least worth petitioning the league.

"I want to see if I can keep No. 5," Bush told ESPN The Magazine on the set of a Subway commercial he was shooting in Los Angeles.

The former USC running back and 2005 Heisman Trophy winner has been wearing that jersey number since high school. NFL rules, however, don't allow for running backs to take that number -- 33 years ago the league adopted a numbering system to make it easier for officials to differentiate players by position.

Under the rule, quarterbacks, punters and placekickers wear numbers 1 through 19. Running backs and defensive backs are assigned 20 through 49, while wide receivers and tight ends are given numbers 80 through 89.

Two years ago, due to the increasing amount of retired numbers and more wide receivers and tight ends coming into the league, the NFL allowed those position players to wear either 10-19 or 80-89. A number of wide receivers have been wearing lower-numbered jerseys since, among them Larry Fitzgerald of Arizona (11), Plaxico Burress of New York and Braylon Edwards of Cleveland (17), Randy Moss of Oakland (18) and Troy Williamson of Minnesota (19).

Bush wants to push it one step further to stick with No. 5.

"I think someone else was able to get their number changed, but even if they turn me down I think it's worth a try," Bush said.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello declined to comment on Bush's plan to petition the league, though history is working against him. In 2004, running back Edgerrin James talked to the NFL about letting him wearing No. 5, which he had worn in Pop Warner, high school and at the University of Miami, but he was reportedly rebuffed.

Jersey numbers have turned into a big business. Players routinely have paid thousands of dollars for a jersey of their liking.

There has even been a lawsuit -- two years ago, Ifeanyi Ohalete agreed to sell No. 26 to his new Washington Redskins teammate Clinton Portis for $40,000. But Ohalete, who was released from the team before the season, sued after Portis didn't pay him half of the fee. The two eventually reached a settlement worth $18,000.

Bush has extra incentive to try to land No. 5. His Subway commercial, which debuted on Monday, encourages fans to "get inside No. 5" and features that number throughout the spot.

If Bush could somehow convince the league to allow him to wear No. 5, he's in luck if he gets drafted by the Houston Texans. No player on the team currently wears that number.

Said Bush: "If I have to pick a new number, I have no idea what it would be."

ESPN.com senior writer Darren Rovell contributed to this story

sedated · 04-11-2006, 03:37 PM

This is NOT a big deal.

He's just asking, he's not throwing a TO-like hissy fit and demanding things.

It has nothing to do with being "bigger" than the league. This is how change happens, people see something stupid and ask for it to be changed.

Plus, anyone should be able to wear a single-digit number, they just look cooler. I want to see DJ wear #5 and Surtain wear #2.

...and for those of you comparing the NFL to your job, DON'T.
the NFL is as far from a regular job as you can get.
they are entertaining people, not building a Ford Mustang or debugging software.

**chefsos** · 04-11-2006, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBucc

Did they dump that skinny fatass guy?

They traded him to some guy in England after convincing the guy he tastes like Wagyu beef.

CoMoChief · 04-11-2006, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sedated

This is NOT a big deal.

He's just asking, he's not throwing a TO-like hissy fit and demanding things.

It has nothing to do with being "bigger" than the league. This is how change happens, people see something stupid and ask for it to be changed.

Plus, anyone should be able to wear a single-digit number, they just look cooler. I want to see DJ wear #5 and Surtain wear #2.

...and for those of you comparing the NFL to your job, DON'T.
the NFL is as far from a regular job as you can get.
they are entertaining people, not building a Ford Mustang or debugging software.

DJ needs to wear #11 again.

Thig Lyfe · 04-11-2006, 03:44 PM

Well, there's nothing wrong with just asking. I think it would be cool if he got to wear #5.

**alpha_omega** · 04-11-2006, 03:51 PM

Sounds good...can we get rid of Kilian and draft Bush to wear #5.

CHENZ A! · 04-11-2006, 04:19 PM

I'd petition to wear #0 or #00, never seen that before.

listopencil · 04-11-2006, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by CHENZ A!

I'd petition to wear #0 or #00, never seen that before.

Otto.

listopencil · 04-11-2006, 04:25 PM

Jim Jones · 04-11-2006, 05:38 PM

You know, in a league where we have Brett Favre holding a team that has loved him and been as loyal to him as anyone hostage for the better part of the last 3 months, and where we have Javon Walker threatening to retire if he doesn't get traded, and T.O. tearing teams apart by being the biggest prick in sports history, and players left and right holding out for bigger multi-million dollar deals..

I'M ABSOLUTELY DISUGSTED WITH REGGIE BUSH!! Wow.. how dare he ask to change his number! Of all the low-down, dirty, rotten, unbelievably selfish, egotistical, self-serving things a young man could do, I must agree with all the old relics here - changing his number is BY FAR the worst and most offensive.

Personally, this news makes me sick. I don't know how I can watch Reggie Bush anymore without my opinion of him being tainted by this horrible turn of events.

jspchief · 04-11-2006, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Jones

You know, in a league where we have Brett Favre holding a team that has loved him and been as loyal to him as anyone hostage for the better part of the last 3 months, and where we have Javon Walker threatening to retire if he doesn't get traded, and T.O. tearing teams apart by being the biggest prick in sports history, and players left and right holding out for bigger multi-million dollar deals..

I'M ABSOLUTELY DISUGSTED WITH REGGIE BUSH!! Wow.. how dare he ask to change his number! Of all the low-down, dirty, rotten, unbelievably selfish, egotistical, self-serving things a young man could do, I must agree with all the old relics here - changing his number is BY FAR the worst and most offensive.

Personally, this news makes me sick. I don't know how I can watch Reggie Bush anymore without my opinion of him being tainted by this horrible turn of events.

Excellent reasoning. Since other guys are being bigger dicks, it should be ok for Reggie Bush to be a little bit of a dick.

Jim Jones · 04-11-2006, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jspchief

Excellent reasoning. Since other guys are being bigger dicks, it should be ok for Reggie Bush to be a little bit of a dick.

He's asking for a NUMBER CHANGE. It's not the end of the world. It's something tons of players have done over the years. All the NFL can do is say yes or no, that's it. It is nothing even in the same universe of assholeishness as the guys I mentioned.

**Iowanian** · 04-11-2006, 06:33 PM

Thats it...

I hope Philly moves up and drafts Reggie Bush.

The league has opened a window for this by allowing
some jackass WRs to break the system.

Eventually, teams are going to have enough #s retired that this might be necessary.

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