Yesterday\u2019s discussion was about how the term \u201cbowl game\u201d became part of the football lingo. It started with college football, but the NFL started using the terminology in 1951 when they played the first Pro Bowl game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The AFL and NFL merged in 1970 and started a championship game called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. The game went by that name for two years, during which time the final details of the merger were being worked out. By the time of the third \u201cAFL-NFL World Championship Game\u201d the merger was complete and that championship game was re-titled the \u201cSuper Bowl.\u201d Actually the game was called \u201cSuper Bowl III,\u201d and set the tradition of using Roman numerals for the Super Bowl, rather than the year of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lamar Hunt, who owned the Kansas City Chiefs and was also the co-founder of the AFL was supposedly the one who came up with the name \u201cSuper Bowl,\u201d instead of the \u201cAFL-NFL World Championship Game.\u201d He indicated that he only suggested it as a temporary name until something better came up \u2014 but \u2014 the name stuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the NFL, it is illegal to show the Super Bowl on any screen larger than 55 inches. They also do not allow the Super Bowl to be shown at any venue that wouldn\u2019t normally show sporting events, such as churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So from their humble beginnings of just \u201cbowl games,\u201d they have now become super\u2026.
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Yesterday\u2019s discussion was about how the term \u201cbowl game\u201d became part of the football lingo. It started with college football, but the NFL started using the terminology in 1951 when they played the first Pro Bowl game. The AFL and … Continue reading