I’m a huge football fan, but I’ve got a beef with this year’s Super Bowl.
No, it’s not with the Panther’s or Cam Newton. Despite widespread dislike for both the team and their QB leader, it’s unfounded. Neither are doing anything outrageously unsportsmanlike. Cam Newton’s emotional highs and lows are public, but he’s never taken a Sharpie out of his sock to sign a football, spit in anyone’s face, or make shooting or chocking motions towards the opposing team (all of which have been done by other players in the league…).
A big part of this team, who despite their recent dominance has an overall losing record since they joined the league as an expansion team in 1995, is they celebrate as a team as opposed to a single or small collection of players. Even more so we’re not used to a quarterback, who’s traditionally the strong, reserved, dominating leader in the NFL, leading the emotional charge.
I’m excited for the game, as much for the energetic Cam Newton as the potential last game for such a storied QB as Peyton Manning. I’m torn who to root for: the record holding, future Hall of Famer who will become the oldest QB to start a Super Bowl in what most likely will be the last game of his storied carrier; or the Heisman trophy winner and first overall draft pick who in a few short years brought an overlooked team to dominance.
My real problem this Super Bowl is with the NFL…. Super Bowl 50? WTF.
I’ve waited years for Super Bowl L. What, is “L” not flashy enough for the NFL marketing team? Why abandon Roman numerals after 49 (XLIX)? The realty is no, “L” is not flashy enough. Supposedly they’ve gone through 73 versions of a logo since 2013, but you know what? -I don’t care.
I find it hard to believe that with the combination of money and branding power an organization like the NFL has that they cannot figure out a logo using the Roman numeral L. I know I’m not the only one in grade school who had to figure out how to write things like XXVIII. I feel jipped. In fact, I’m a bit pissed.
Long live Super Bowl L!
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