New playing rules approved by Owners; and other proposal decisions

I still hate the linebacker numbers in the 40s, not to mention 20 :mwink: for heaven's sake. Zeroes are okay. You had center Jim Otto wearing 00 and Johnny Olszewski and Obert Logan wearing 0 many years ago. Didn't Kenny Burrough also wear 00? Single digits should be limited to offensive players IMHO for purposes of identifying eligible players.

Why make it more difficult for officials, who have trouble achieving the level of "adequate" without further complicating their duties figuring out who is eligible? Some coach is going to sneak in a linebacker on offense with a backfield number. Why we need to have kickers wearing numbers in the 90s is beyond me.

In summary, ugh.