Santa Clara 49ers already whining about Superbowl L

The NFL traditionally identifies the Super Bowl with Roman numerals. The committee hosting the 50th edition of the game hopes to lose a one-letter designation that has become in recent years the universal designation for “loser.”

According to Alex Silverman of SportsBusiness Daily, the president of the San Francisco Bay Area Super Bowl Host Committee said Friday at the ’14 Intersport Activation Summit that the group wants to see the procedure for naming Super Bowls change.

“I think we’re at a point now with Super Bowl 50, it being recognized as 50, the NFL doing what it’s doing around the celebration of 50, that it’s probably time to introduce the Arabic ’50′ as opposed to ‘L,’” committee CEO and president Keith Bruce said.

Bruce added that the committee has already given its opinion to the NFL. The NFL had nothing to say on the matter.

A change would be surprising. After enduring Super Bowl XXX, the NFL can easily handle Super Bowl L and, in nine years, Super Bowl LIX. Which is still a lot better than Super Bowl SUX.

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Marvin49":3h3t5tsu said:

While I like the Roman numerals...I do think they are going to have to change soon. I actually don't mind the "L", but eventually its gonna be like 8 digits long and nearly impossible to read.

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lucky49":brx9kqrh said:

inb4 "niners already had their suber bowl L" joke

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Marvin49":2hyibfji said:

While I like the Roman numerals...I do think they are going to have to change soon. I actually don't mind the "L", but eventually its gonna be like 8 digits long and nearly impossible to read.

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RolandDeschain":8vl3pmu3 said:

We're going to be the first team to threepeat and it's going to happen in your stadium, Santa Clara. Only then will you know the true meaning of anguish.

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Throwdown":16qgdnah said:

lucky49":16qgdnah said:

inb4 "niners already had their suber bowl L" joke

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I just wanna know why SF has to whine so much about EVERYTHING

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Shadowhawk":yzyxkxz0 said:

Marvin49":yzyxkxz0 said:

While I like the Roman numerals...I do think they are going to have to change soon. I actually don't mind the "L", but eventually its gonna be like 8 digits long and nearly impossible to read.

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It will only be a handful of digits for several years and won't get to 8 digits until Super Bowl LXXXVIII, which is 40 years from now. The zombies will have overrun us by then anyway.

XLVIII looked great in the logo, but that's just my opinion.

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lucky49":40vd2z00 said:

inb4 "niners already had their suber bowl L" joke

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Bob loblaw":bvgggc1y said:

even with moving to Santa Clara, The Niners still get more national attention then you. The champs and still thought of the red headed step child. Except for on this board..

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Hawknballs":106bio3a said:

U mad, Bob?

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TheRealDTM":us3t3suo said:

Bob loblaw":us3t3suo said:

even with moving to Santa Clara, The Niners still get more national attention then you. The champs and still thought of the red headed step child. Except for on this board..

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Thats a low blow loblaw

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Smelly McUgly":pgjxf1ga said:

TheRealDTM":pgjxf1ga said:

Bob loblaw":pgjxf1ga said:

even with moving to Santa Clara, The Niners still get more national attention then you. The champs and still thought of the red headed step child. Except for on this board..

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Thats a low blow loblaw

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This dude makes iffy posts about football and needs to stick to his law blog.

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RedAlice":3i5oyyzf said:

He's brand new with 5 posts and still hasn't come up with one new idea that his fellow Niner fans haven't already been spouting here and everywhere for the decades since they've won a SB.

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