The Super Bowl has always been the showcase for Roman numerals. But this year the NFL, apparently not wanting the connotations of “L” for “loser,” is labeling this half-century contest with the Arabic numerals “50.”
The students at Master’s Academy Classical Club, from a classical Christian school in Matthews, NC, took umbrage at this and launched a campaign to the get the NFL to return to Latin numbering. They actually won an audience with an NFL official who assured them that next year would feature Super Bowl LI. (The Wall Street Journal ran a charming article on this: How the Super Bowl ost a etter – WSJ [subscription required].)
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