Can someone explain to me how the NFL is calling this their “golden” year? I understand it’s Super Bowl 50, the golden anniversary of the first Super Bowl and all that.
But the NFL was founded in 1920. Are they trying to tell us that the NFL really started in 1966, climaxed by the first Super Bowl, which was played on Jan. 15, 1967???? Are they ignoring NFL history before the Super Bowl???
As you likely know, the first “Superbowl” was actually Superbowl III — the first two were called the NFL-AFL Championship at the time they were played.
This year. It’s the Disney model. Figure out a way this year is one of those nice round numbers (founding of the company, first feature length movie, broke ground on Land, opened Land, broke ground on World, opened World, most popular movie released...) and push that. Guarantee 2020 will be a big celebration too. Of course before that is 2019, 50 years of MNF. And next year, as you point out, is 50 years of the merger. Just gotta figure out 2017...