Because a lot of people don’t know that L=50 in Roman Numerals, and because it doesn’t look right to many.
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.
“L”-——Liberals? Shhhh! Not sure they know their roman numerals
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]
Rio Linda school systems.
Can’t wait to find out who’s going to play New England in Super Bowl 50.
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?
Make the Lombardy trophy Gold this time.
“L” is for ‘loser’.
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.
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 "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." |
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Because people would think it stands for loser, i.e. Roger Goodell.
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.
Because a lot of people will think it’s Super Bowll.
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”
Why not in this day and age, Super Bowl L0L, the 0 cancels out the second L :-)
Because they’re going with LGBT instead.