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What the L? Super Bowl simply isn't the same without Roman numerals

TAMPA — Super Bowl 50 is Sunday.

Roman numerals are out for this golden anniversary, one numeral in particular.

In other words, get the L out of here.

L, for 50, has been banished in the name of graphic symmetry and positive thinking. L is apparently for losers. L is the loneliest number. The NFL insists it’s only a year break, that all roads will lead to Roman numerals, and Super Bowl LI, after Sunday. I’ll beLieve it when I see it.

I’m not even Roman and I’m outraged. And Latin teachers should be beside themselves, as if we really need double the Latin teachers.