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1 posted on 09/27/2015 3:47:37 PM PDT by 1raider1
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Because a lot of people don’t know that L=50 in Roman Numerals, and because it doesn’t look right to many.


2 posted on 09/27/2015 3:49:06 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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Because the graphic arts department said L is a big PITA and they couldn’t do anything cool with it. We’re back to Roman for LI, which is apparently nicely balanced and easy to work with.


3 posted on 09/27/2015 3:49:21 PM PDT by discostu (dream big and dance a lot)
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“L”-——Liberals? Shhhh! Not sure they know their roman numerals


4 posted on 09/27/2015 3:49:25 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Why not Super Bowl (.5 * X) ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoQe8bL6UU


5 posted on 09/27/2015 3:49:39 PM PDT by soycd
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Use of the Arabic numeral[edit]

The NFL announced on June 4, 2014, that the game would be marketed with the Arabic numeral “50” instead of the Roman numeral “L.” Roman numerals have been used by the league since Super Bowl V in 1971.[27][28] The use of Roman numerals will resume with Super Bowl LI, which will take place at NRG Stadium in Houston in February 2017.[2][3][27][28] According to Jaime Weston, the league’s vice president of brand and creative, one primary reason for the change was difficulty designing a suitable logo for the game. Despite the league standardizing the Super Bowl logos beginning with Super Bowl XLV so that all would follow the same template, the graphic designers determined that using the template with only the letter “L” would not have been aesthetically pleasing enough.[2] The logo will also differ in that the Arabic numeral “50” will be in large gold numerals behind the logo, with 5 and 0 each on opposite sides of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, instead of underneath and in silver as in the standard logo.[2] The regional logo includes “Levi’s Stadium” and features San Francisco landmarks.[27]


6 posted on 09/27/2015 3:50:03 PM PDT by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushesh)
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7 posted on 09/27/2015 3:50:51 PM PDT by nascarnation (C. Edmund Wright says I'm a moron)
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Why was it OK to have Super Bowl I, V, X, but not L?

Rio Linda school systems.

9 posted on 09/27/2015 3:51:56 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Can’t wait to find out who’s going to play New England in Super Bowl 50.


10 posted on 09/27/2015 3:52:05 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (A businessman gets things done with own money. A politician takes money and gets nothing done.)
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And why is the NFL saying this is their “golden season”? Why is the 50 yard line number gold in every stadium? I understand it’s the golden anniversary of the Super Bowl, but it is not the golden anniversary of the NFL. The NFL started in 1920. Are they ignoring NFL history prior to 1966? What gives?


11 posted on 09/27/2015 3:52:18 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Make the Lombardy trophy Gold this time.


12 posted on 09/27/2015 3:52:50 PM PDT by jaz.357 (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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Since this is a very unique celebration, The NFL chose to use the number 50 instead of the Roman numeral L for aesthetic reasons. And it logo does look pretty good, too.
14 posted on 09/27/2015 3:53:13 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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“L” is for ‘loser’.


17 posted on 09/27/2015 3:54:48 PM PDT by fhayek
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I named my daughter Megan Marie, in honor of the millenium, even though she was born in 1999. Her initials are really MML which is 2050.


21 posted on 09/27/2015 3:57:22 PM PDT by fhayek
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Superessentialem Cratera Quinquaginta.


"Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre / mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
"Will shall be the sterner, heart the keener, Spirit shall be the greater as our might lessens."


23 posted on 09/27/2015 3:58:10 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in batle!)
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Because people would think it stands for loser, i.e. Roger Goodell.


24 posted on 09/27/2015 3:58:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Super Bowl XXXXX would have looked pretty cool. It would have also helped promote all the “sex workers” who are going to descend on the Bay Area.


25 posted on 09/27/2015 3:58:51 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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Because a lot of people will think it’s Super Bowll.


26 posted on 09/27/2015 3:59:18 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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No one would want a huge L on the chest “She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an “L” on her forehead”


32 posted on 09/27/2015 4:05:35 PM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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Why not in this day and age, Super Bowl L0L, the 0 cancels out the second L :-)


37 posted on 09/27/2015 4:09:22 PM PDT by PROCON
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Because they’re going with LGBT instead.


38 posted on 09/27/2015 4:10:00 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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