The NCAA limits jersey numbers with a rule that makes sense until you think about it | Weird Rules 

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My timer says 6 minutes 8 seconds. But I guess I can just "add one to".

pyrobryan lol😂😂😂

Shane and north carolina, kansas, kentucky

Duke hasn't retired a single number since 2006. They don't have too many up there compared to a lot of schools. They only retire players who graduate, so the one and done era has slowed it down a lot.

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One way to dodge that effect is to, after a kid's final game, change their "official" number to an illegal number. In most cases, that would involve changing either the ones digit *or* the tens digit, so that there is some resemblance to the original number, There are 3 special cases, however: 1. The numbers 01-05 are reserved for 1-5 respectively, likely for the first person to be retired under that number. To account for this reservation, the single digit numbers 6-9 are not available to these players (or to 0 or 00), being distributed by Case 2 below. 2. 6-9, (and by extension 06-09) would become available as a third option for players whose jersey digits summed to the respective (single-digit) number. (e.g. 51 becomes either 6 or 06 since 5+1=6) 3. Players whose numbers are a multiple of 11 (but not 0/00) may also elect to be retired under an illegal multiple of 11. Since only 5 players qualify for this rule and 2 of them also qualify for the "Sum of digits" rule, these numbers can be directly allocated: 66 could be allocated to (the first retired) 11, 77 to 22, 88 to 33, (but 33 would no longer qualify for 6 or 66) and 99 to 55; 44 would not be served under this rule but still remain in contention for 8 or 08. As for the remaining 12 numbers, (67, 68, 69, 76, 78, 79, 86, 87, 89, 96, 97, and 98,) these could be set as "Important Contributor" numbers. (i.e. persons who were never on the court but are of *great* importance to either the team or the University proper.) 09 could also be assigned to this group, given that only 45 and 54 would qualify for it.

Shane lol

It would be dennis rodman

This was when he became a Chicago Bull and his number 10 was retired prior to his arrival. He applied for 69 got rejected, then applied for 91 and got accepted.

Neil Johnson Football players definitely wear 69. Jared Allen for example

@@AGuyNamedBrook Nah. Since #10 is retired in Chicago, he wanted #01 but numbers starting with 0 is not allowed except 00. He settled for 91 because 9+1=10. So is 73(7+3=10) when he's in Lakers. He wanted 69 when he's in Dallas but not allowed. He settled for 70.

@@0b5qRa I actually went over that in a previous reply on this video. I did not know about the 01 part but I know he applied for 69 lol.

Jarvin Driftwood genius

200 iq

you have 69 likes

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Or you can change the last name to Twotimes and make the number 34.5

Nice

easier to pick 23 and change your last name to "3x"

And then he forgets what comes after 38 lol

@MUFC ok

@MUFC stop commenting this on every vid

4:16 “17???”

@@rahellseddek8540 just realized this😂

He blessed for that one.

XD YES

I think we were all cheering for Big Daddy 69.

I wish the nfl had someone like that, like could you imagine getting tackled by Big Daddy 69

2k don't care

1128AM 2k doesnt need fingers to count

The refs grow fingers in 2k

It's a game dumbass

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Really? What basketball players did you think had those numbers in college?

@@bobross1550 In the NBA iguodala is a pretty famous number 9. I'm pretty sure Brent Barry wore 17 and Ron Harper wore 9. Again NBA only though but I would imagine they would have chosen to don those numbers in college as well

ZakuIIX They didn’t. Iggy wore 24, and Barry wore 31. Not sure about Ron

Wasny jj reddick 17 at duke???

kalstonii he was 4

Worldwide Wyatt the more we know

Parker Adams I second this

It's obvious why not, positions have certain number they have to use. It's not rocket science

Rev Hitit maybe to you, but it’s obviously not common knowledge.

Rev Hitit but not everyone are football fans that understand why.

@@skibbidyrizz All you have to do I look an NFL team, notice that a range of numbers is used for receivers and a range for OL etc and it's common sense at that point. But I guess some idiots need their hands held while they learn something

Considering that the Roger Neilson episode was probably the best episode of Weird Rules, I agree.

99 is also leaguewide retired

It actually makes a case for missing fingers referees

Dread Pirate Roberts' secondary career choice is _screwed_ then.

Agreed

You mean four-fingered referees. A ref with six fingers would have no issue with this rule.

Maybe if the ref has 6 fingers they should allow #6 and such for just that game

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Number 27 to Number 21

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LeBron James We’ve got a problem

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@Kevin L ..... it’s hard work to learn 4 hand signs? they need a way to communicate numbers with one hand and it exists. that’s it. they already have to know to much extremely specific info to be a ref, I think 4 related hand signs would not be that much of a burden. if knowing the difference between a crow and a raven made being a sportscaster easier, I would indeed argue they should learn that info

@Hamed Khatiz still way easier to misunderstand

Hamed Khatiz when you are sitting at a table, floor level, and a ref points in the same general area as the rest of the players it’s even more confusing. But when he motions which foul the team belonged to and puts up a 3 and a 5 then I know the foul is on Blue 35

Just hold up 4 fingers sideways instead of vertical. Learned that watching Deadliest Catch.

There are hundreds of ways to express all 10 digits using only one hand. Start with the ASL way of expressing for example.

So just let them use 2 hands?

I got to this exact part of the video when I read this I just died 😂😂

Yeah, but the NCAA would only be able to add numbers 7, 8, and maybe 6 [since it's commonly used in place of '3' for players] . 9 is currently used to signify 3 point shots (or 3 foul shots), so I'm okay with the rule since it reduces ambiguity in signaling.

BrendanKearnsMusic wtf are you talking about

BrendanKearnsMusic I understand what you are saying but I feel like the scores table people are smart enough to know if they are using that sign for a 3 point shot or for a jersey number. If not. Then they should be fired.

the way I was taught to do higher numbers as a ref is to turn my hand sideways, indicating a plus 5. A sideways two is seven, a sideways four is a nine, etc. etc.

@@LuisFernandoAraiza "You're saying the foul was committed by a 3 point shot? That just doesn't make any sense ref, but okay!"

I feel like he just proved the point. 😂

It makes sense until you think about it. You would need all of 5 additional signs that the referees would need to learn. And that isn't even a new thing, there are languages in which this is normal - Chinese for example HAS one handed signs for single digit numbers.

Furious Storm158 of course he did

I just checked Basketball Reference and indeed, there has never been a player who wore number 69. The full list of unused NBA numbers: 58, 59, 64, 69, 74, 75, 78, 79, 82, 87, and 97. Every other number has been worn at least once by somebody.

@@SimuLord nobody has ever used 64? what, no nintendo fans in the nba?

@@SimuLord I remember 98 was used by Hamed Haddadi in his one year with Phoenix because he wanted to reference his home country there. (It related to phone codes there for some reason.) However, I wonder if anyone else ever wore 98 before him?

@@SimuLord No one used a stack of numbers

Are you saying it was "Pretty good"?

Wasn't expecting a Tom Scott reference over here. Mystery biscuits to you.

Which means the entire heterosexual community has been in the dark about this.

I didn't know about this and i play basketball and i know a lot of people who don't know about this either. A lot of people don't pick those numbers anyway

​@@tommclarty17 Thanks for clearing up that the entire NBA is homosexual. I'm sure the hundreds of wives of NBA players are going to be shocked to hear this.

Same rules don’t apply in high school g.. tf are you talking about

Hogscraper you’re welcome!

Most people with iqs under 70 would

...but not for the reason you'd think.

Still odd you can have 1 and 11/2 and 22 etc but not 0 and 00

@@darrengordon-hill I think it might be a software/technical limitation that would prevent 00 from showing up on the scoreboard.

Yet somehow the NBA manages to do it in 18,000 seat arenas, how incredible

Yeah, most of those signs have motion in them which would make them difficult. But 0-10 all have single hand signs that dont move

Sure and that would defeat the purpose by introducing a new system people aren't used to.

@@guppy719 Granted, but still, there is a very easy counting system out there most don't use

@@atticusshadowmore3263 Its not as easy as counting on your fingers which everybody recognizes.

@@guppy719 driving isnt as easy as walking, but ppl learn that. Just cause u want to limit yourself, doesn’t mean all ppl do.

From shooting hoops

@@DenverGiants Kofie!!

To the super bowl

They're just 2 guys and they're havin a good time

foot ball football football tennis hockey (golf)

Yes, the purpose of uniform numbers is to id players And I just described a perfect way to do that without having to limit the numbers they can use And your point is that the referees will take too long to do that? Really?

Americans talking about cricket would make that one even better

@@AlonsoRules it'd just be nice for them to see what a real statistical anomaly looked like. Jordan, Tiger, Brady and Federer are all great but literally no sportsman has stood out like the don did.

Yes, but then they couldn’t make these moderately funny jokes. Logic has no place here.

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Haha, it doesnt bother me man. nice try tho. Duke beat em that year. Solid play, great shot. I applaud talent.

@@Joe-ck3ju 😂Good sport. Most of my family is UK fans including my father whose name is also Joe. I remember watching that game. We all went crazy when Laettner was allowed to stay in the game after that chest stomp. It was one of the best games I've seen to this day. Too bad y'all didn't win. Probably the most upsetting loss in the 90s other than Arizona in 97 which woulda made a 3peat after 98. The only thing I really miss about Kentucky these days is the Red River Gorge. Certainly don't miss the humidity and mosquitoes. You ever been to the Gorge?

@@stop.juststop No sir i have not i am just south of louisville near bernheim forest. RRG is a drive and a half. And i took the the 98 loss worse than the 92 loss because i was more interested in GI joes and transformers than basketball.

I think college basketball makes enough money they can teach their refs and the scorers table the 4 ASL signs for 6, 7, 8 and 9 before giving them the job. It's not that big of an imposition on high school either.

I mean he would have to referee every single game across the country.

No you can't...

What

Kipple 1998 This comment makes no sense but 83 people liked it for some reason

@@TheBHNetwork he said has to be number 1-5 cause 5 fingers. NBA refs have 5 fingers too but no rule on the number. the fact it didn't make sense kinda says a lot about you.

In the NBA and non-NCAA bball organisations, the numbers are shown with both hands, while verbalising and switching the face of your hand to show a different number. E.g. for 32, you would show 3 fingers with the back of your hand, and then 2 finger with the palm towards the scorer

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