Jim Mashek pleads for the NFL to allow Bush to wear a Saints jersey with the No. 5.

Previously only receivers have been able to get away with wearing a jersey number outside NFL Rule 5, Section 1, Article 4 because receivers are only allotted 80-89; and when those numbers are all taken, then the receiver can make a special request (i.e. Keyshawn Johnson No. 19).

Bush has said he plans to pledge 25 percent of earnings from the sale of his jerseys to Hurricane Katrina relief.

C’mon, NFL, get off your high horse [The Sun Herald]