People are only just realising why the Super Bowl uses Roman numerals instead of numbers
- The tradition of using Roman numerals for the Super Bowl isn't just about looking cool. It actually began as a solution to a very specific scheduling headache.
- Unlike most sports, the NFL season starts in one calendar year and ends in the next, which created a lot of confusion in the early days. For example, if someone said the '1970 Championship', then they could mean the Super Bowl played in 1970 for the 1969 season or the game played in 1971 for the 1970 regular season.
- To fix this, Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt suggested Roman numerals to keep the record straight. Hunt also came up with the name 'Super Bowl' for the championship game.
- So, by numbering the event (Super Bowl V) rather than the year (1971), there is zero confusion about which game is being discussed. The NFL also wanted the game to feel like a 'modern-day gladiator' event.
- The tradition officially began with Super Bowl V, and the NFL retroactively applied the numerals to the first four games to keep everything succinct.
- However, there was one year the league broke the rule: Super Bowl 50 in 2016. The NFL briefly ditched the Roman numeral 'L' because the marketing team thought a giant L on all the merchandise looked a bit too much like the universal sign for 'loser.'
- They switched back to Roman numerals for LI (51) the following year.
- This year, it is Super Bowl LX (60) and it will be played between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.
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