View Full Version : Elway beats Mantle for top #7
crowebomber
07-11-2007, 05:04 PM
Elway listed as top #7. I thought Mantle might have had him. Also, can you still wear #00 in the NFL? That would be pretty cool.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0706/gallery.numbers.part1/content.1.html
rovolution
07-11-2007, 05:07 PM
Elway listed as top #7. I thought Mantle might have had him. Also, can you still wear #00 in the NFL? That would be pretty cool.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0706/gallery.numbers.part1/content.1.html
You cant. LeCharles Bentley tried to do it when he went to Cleveland, and the NFL denied it.
You cant. LeCharles Bentley tried to do it when he went to Cleveland, and the NFL denied it.
So Kenny Burrough will be the only NFL player ever to wear #00? Or was there somebody prior to him, I dunno.
Oops, I didn't check the article. Jim Otto and some others did, too.
Why would they deny it? What's the big deal?
OrangeShadow
07-11-2007, 07:11 PM
hmm thats kinda cool thanks man
rovolution
07-11-2007, 08:31 PM
So Kenny Burrough will be the only NFL player ever to wear #00? Or was there somebody prior to him, I dunno.
Oops, I didn't check the article. Jim Otto and some others did, too.
Why would they deny it? What's the big deal?
I have no idea. Heres the link to the article. It was around the time the league would not let Reggie Bush wear #5, so the NFL was trying not to bend the rules for anybody.
Uniform No. 00, made sacred by Raiders legend Jim Otto, is staying safe on the shelf for another season. That's just the way Otto wants it. No, it's the way he demands it.
Cleveland Browns center LeCharles Bentley petitioned the NFL to change its strict policy on uniform numbers so he could bring "00" out of hibernation and pay homage to Otto. The NFL said no last month, opting not to alter its number system and consequently denying the fellow request of New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush to suit up in his USC No. 5.
Otto called Bentley's "00" pursuit "ridiculous." Then came stronger words from the Hall of Fame center, whose "00" became ingrained in Raiders lore via his 1960-74 playing career.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km4465/is_200606/ai_n16470402