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Old Thu Oct 18, 2007, 03:43pm
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Originally Posted by OverAndBack
Sometimes it works out that way and there are some traditional reasons why the numbers go up as you go out from the center, but there's nothing keeping a center, guard or tackle from wearing any of the numbers from 50-79, inclusive, in the NFL.
And yet they write the rule book that way. The field officials can't enforce it, there's no official definition of "guard" or "tackle" anyway, but apparently NFL (and other leagues who write their own rule books) likes to use the rule book to state league policy in addition to actual playing rules.

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