NFL ditching Roman numerals for Super Bowl 50

CBS Sports ^ | June 4, 2014 | John Breech

[C19fan]

If you don't know your Roman numerals, the Super Bowl can be a confusing time. However, no one will be confused when Super Bowl L kicks off after the 2015 season because for one year only, the NFL will be making the switch from Roman numerals to standard numbers.

That's right: Super Bowl L will be Super Bowl 50. The first-regular numbered Super Bowl will air on Feb. 7, 2016 on CBS.

[Repent and Believe]

So?

I ditched the Superbowl many years ago.

‘Just don’t have time anymore for watching men pour their hearts out over a mere game, while the country is no longer a viable entity, and there is no one in sight who pours their heart out over all the lost souls.

‘Just don’t have time for the pagan ritual.

‘Just don’t have time to entertain myself on the Lord’s Day with sensationalistic often heathen commercialism.

Bread and circus just doesn’t satisfy the soul.

[FredZarguna]

Tell me about it. When I started coding, all we had were ones and zeroes. And sometimes we didn’t even have ones...

[Future Snake Eater]

I bet you’re a lot of fun at parties.

[attiladhun2]

Nor can they write using pen and paper, tell time on an analog clock, break down the parts of a sentence, or do simple math. Its no wonder they can fall for “hope and change.”

[mikrofon]

Because "EL Super Bowl" was already property of NFL Espanol ...

[Corpus_Delicious]

The use of Roman numerals was ridiculous. But then, what else would you expect from the pompous, liberal blowhards who run the NFL?

[mjp]

young people today cannot READ Roman Numerals!

Roman Numerals Converter

[Buckeye McFrog]

Max McGee was one of the original owners of the Chi-Chi’s restaurant chain. His wife was reportedly very well-endowed. “Chi-Chis” is Mexican slang for “large breasts”.

Sadly Max fell to his death while shoveling snow off his roof a few years ago.

[RayChuang88]

From what I saw on ESPN.com, the 50 naming convention is a one-of-a-kind thing--the NFL said the Super Bowl after that will be named Super Bowl LI.

[ken in texas]

All we used were ones. Since zeroes are nothing, no time was wasted by writing nothing. We were very productive. /s

[Political Junkie Too]

I heard one person say it was because they didn't want people making the L for Loser gesture on their foreheads for the Super Bowl.

-PJ

[Repeal 16-17]

Now if they can do something about the pansy rules (taunting, excessive celebration, ball carrier can’t lower his head) and the re-education camps for having an opinion, I might have a better opinion of the game.

That requires replacing the football-hating NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell.

[Dr. Sivana]

They should have done this before the thirtieth one. Would have saved me a very awkward moment explaining those Web search results....

I actually got to go to that one in person. Given the end result, it was the right name.

[Libloather]

[al_c]

oh, they know what a 50 is...

Correction ... they know was fiddy is.