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.