Lost In Xanadu Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/nfl-super-bowl-50/story?id=23992947 http://a.abcnews.com/images/Sports/espnapi_nfl_e_sb_50_b1_576x324_wmain.jpg The NFL will announce on Wednesday that Super Bowl 50 will be graphically represented using numbers instead of Roman numerals, which the league has been using since Super Bowl V in 1971.It's a one-year break, said Jaime Weston, the league's vice president of brand and creative, done simply because the "L" isn't as pleasing to the eye."When we developed the Super Bowl XL logo, that was the first time we looked at the letter 'L,'" Weston said. "Up until that point, we had only worked with X's, V's and I's. And, at that moment, that's when we started to wonder what will happen when we get to 50?"So it's only a 1 year break, I cannot wait until SB 59 :DI think they should do a 1 time gold Lombardi trophy for the winner of SB50 to commemorate the anniversary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 This is dumb. So after the one year we will have LI? I've been looking forward to L the way I looked forward to seeing MM during movies when 2000 approached. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 What's wrong with the letter L? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 What's wrong with the letter L? The marketing "geniuses" at the NFL Front Office didn't like it. What a bunch of wankers..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 What's wrong with the letter L?yeah, what the L were they thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 What's wrong with the letter L?yeah, what the L were they thinking?L's Bells! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 What's wrong with the letter L? The marketing "geniuses" at the NFL Front Office didn't like it. What a bunch of wankers..... Oh for the love of Pete..! :sigh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbine Freight Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I thought this was a prank! What a load of old bollocks. The NFL should rebrand itself the NF50 if the letter L is so objectionable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I actually agree with them. Even "LI" will look weird to me, and things won't start to look right to me until "LII". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 LIV for Super Bowl 54! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 LIV for Super Bowl 54!Will they allow your Super Bowl, Super Bowl LIX? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 LIV for Super Bowl 54!Will they allow your Super Bowl, Super Bowl LIX?It'll probably be the third in the new permanent home of the Super Bowl, London. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I'm fine with the change. They should make it permanent since I have no clue what number each super bowl is anymore when they use roman numerals. Using roman numerals is just out dated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Using Roman numerals is just out dated. And the Hindu-Arabic numerals that we use today are so avant-garde..... ;) ;) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 superbowL could have been a simple, cool design 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sawyer Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) It's an homage to Christmas ... No el? Oh, man!! Sorry, really. I am sorry!!! Maybe because L stands for Loss in football? Negative connotations? Edited June 13, 2014 by Tom Sawyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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