The NFL allows players to wear any number they like during the preseason.
I must admit, I’ve never much considered myself a sporting purist.
Baseball gets most of the attention for attracting purists, and I actually admire those folks. I just don’t think I qualify. I like the designated hitter. I like the pitch clock. Hell, even the extra-inning ghost runner has grown on me. If I ever belonged to the Holy See of Baseball, I would have probably long been excommunicated.
My longtime friend and mentor Bob Ryan will yell at me for this but … I like the 3-pointer in basketball. I don’t mind at all that the game is played outside-in now, and not inside-out. That fact alone probably means I’m banned from all future meetings of the Society of Basketball Purists. I was a shot-clock fan when it wasn’t cool to be a shot-clock fan. That one probably endangered my membership, as I think about it.
I’m sure I’d get used to it. Hell, if I can get used to intentional walks where not one ball is actually thrown, I can get used to just about anything. But I must admit, I’ll be as happy as Teddy if he takes a snap this year with his old No. 5. Unless he wants to take up linebacking in his spare time.
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