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Give Him That Jersey Interesting Rules In The NFL

    • Football

The NFL has restrictions on what each position can wear, but a single man a few years back got the NFL to make an edit to that policy.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vPIIP1AY9SbuYiZgLqSCxrDB-SVhMEqkGQvCU7wNeeg/edit?usp=sharing

Citations:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyshawn_Johnson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_Classic#Previous_results
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnKe00.htm
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/keyshawn-johnson-1.html
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28224466/behind-wide-receivers-numbers-shift-why-nfl-best-donning-nos-10-19
http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/index.nsf/Documents/0-jers-nums#:~:text=All%20players%20must%20wear%20numerals,backs%20and%20defensive%20backs%2C%2020

Reflections:

This last rule was the smoothest one to make by far, as over the last few weeks I was able to refine my process of gathering sources and applying material into my draft to a well oiled machine. I used my critical reading skills to locate what I felt was good sources for my episode.

The NFL has restrictions on what each position can wear, but a single man a few years back got the NFL to make an edit to that policy.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vPIIP1AY9SbuYiZgLqSCxrDB-SVhMEqkGQvCU7wNeeg/edit?usp=sharing

Citations:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyshawn_Johnson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_Classic#Previous_results
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnKe00.htm
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/keyshawn-johnson-1.html
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28224466/behind-wide-receivers-numbers-shift-why-nfl-best-donning-nos-10-19
http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/index.nsf/Documents/0-jers-nums#:~:text=All%20players%20must%20wear%20numerals,backs%20and%20defensive%20backs%2C%2020

Reflections:

This last rule was the smoothest one to make by far, as over the last few weeks I was able to refine my process of gathering sources and applying material into my draft to a well oiled machine. I used my critical reading skills to locate what I felt was good sources for my episode.

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