Super Bowl 50: Painting the NFL Gold

E5 Yaz · Mar 24, 2015

In addition, each fan will have to pay their weight in gold for a ticket

Al Zarilla · Mar 24, 2015

The Super Bowl has come a long long way. The first one, and maybe the second, came far from selling out, and some called it the stupid bowl early on. Does anyone else see it as a bit of a reach to put gold on the field for every game and on every uniform? I could see an every game celebration for the 100th year anniversary of the NFL, but for the super bowl it seems a bit over the top. Oh well, it will remind us all more of who won XLIX.

ernieshore · Mar 24, 2015

It's definitely over the top for me, but not surprising. Combine the gold with the teams wearing pink for the entire month of October, and it seems there will just be about three weeks of the standard uniforms this coming season.

Bosoxen · Mar 24, 2015

Al Zarilla said:
The Super Bowl has come a long long way. The first one, and maybe the second, came far from selling out, and some called it the stupid bowl early on. Does anyone else see it as a bit of a reach to put gold on the field for every game and on every uniform? I could see an every game celebration for the 100th year anniversary of the NFL, but for the super bowl it seems a bit over the top. Oh well, it will remind us all more of who won XLIX.

No, it won't.

Though, I do agree it's a little ham-handed.

twothousandone · Mar 24, 2015

So, the 1965 Green Bay Packers, and more importantly the 1964 Cleveland Browns, don't figure into this, at all.

Seems an added part of the ham-handedness. Being the NFL Champion, before there was a Super Bowl, doesn't matter, but the 1966 Chiefs are hailed.

I get that it has become an unrivaled spectacle in the US. But it is that because it is the championship game of the NFL. If there was no AFL, I think Pete Rozell still would have turned the NFL championship game into something spectacular.

Dan to Theo to Ben · Mar 24, 2015

Those 80's old school 49ers jackets were the epitome of Gold. Golden state too. Eerie.

8slim · Mar 24, 2015

Seems about right for this league...

GeorgeCostanza · Mar 24, 2015

E5 Yaz said:
In addition, each fan will have to pay their weight in gold for a ticket

That's gold Jerry, gold!

loshjott · Mar 24, 2015

Odd that the NFL is so eager to celebrate 50, the average life span of its players.

deanx0 · Mar 24, 2015

loshjott said:
Odd that the NFL is so eager to celebrate 50, the average life span of its players.

I thought 50 were the percentage odds that players don't leave football with longterm dehabilitating injuries...

( . ) ( . ) and (_!_) · Mar 25, 2015

I don't see what the nfl gains from this. People are just going to ridicule and make jokes. This just reinforces my belief that most marketing and branding exercises exist for the sole purpose of the marketing people proving that they should have jobs vs actually creating value. I'd love to see the assumptions they made around the return on this.

NortheasternPJ · Mar 25, 2015

So I'm guessing Pats / Eagles opening night as that's the only Super Bowl rematch on their schedule at home?

loshjott · Mar 25, 2015

Yeah, that Giants game is going to suck.

BornToRun · Mar 25, 2015

loshjott said:
Yeah, that Giants game is going to suck.

Yeah, but I feel like the events of February 1, 2015 have done a lot to mitigate the sting that's going to come with having to play that game.

tims4wins · Mar 25, 2015

loshjott said:
Yeah, that Giants game is going to suck.

Not if we beat them by 3 TDs

loshjott · Mar 25, 2015

tims4wins said:
Not if we beat them by 3 TDs

True. What I meant is that the pregame Super Bowl hoopla around that game is going to suck.

Then the beating will be doubly sweet.

SoxJox · Mar 25, 2015

I just wish they'd use the occasion to stop using Roman numerals. I mean..."L", how anti-climactic. It won't be until another 30 years before we get the next "...XXX..." series.

Papelbon's Poutine · Mar 25, 2015

They are. This will be Super Bowl 50.

SoxFanInCali · Mar 25, 2015

Papelbon's Poutine said:
They are. This will be Super Bowl 50.

But they've already said that they are going back to Roman numerals after this year. Basically, the only reason they changed this year is because they didn't like how the single character L looked in the Super Bowl logo.

deanx0 · Mar 25, 2015

SoxFanInCali said:
But they've already said that they are going back to Roman numerals after this year. Basically, the only reason they changed this year is because they didn't like how the single character L looked in the Super Bowl logo.

Which is hilariously short-term thinking, because LI is not going to look much better.

SoxJox · Mar 25, 2015

Papelbon's Poutine said:
They are. This will be Super Bowl 50.

How did I miss that? zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Kenny F'ing Powers · Mar 25, 2015

( . ) ( . ) and (_!_) said:
I don't see what the nfl gains from this. People are just going to ridicule and make jokes. This just reinforces my belief that most marketing and branding exercises exist for the sole purpose of the marketing people proving that they should have jobs vs actually creating value. I'd love to see the assumptions they made around the return on this.

Honorary captains from past teams (uptick in old school jersey sales)? Special halftime shows (elevated ticket prices)? Gold emblazoned team hats for rookies (new hats to sell)? I'm sure there will be some pathetic gold outlined jerseys for people to scoop up.

The idea is stupid, but it'll add a pile of money to their current mountain of money.

Dan to Theo to Ben · Mar 25, 2015

deanx0 said:
Which is hilariously short-term thinking, because LI is not going to look much better.

Maybe they're praying for the Jets?

/rimshot

TheoShmeo · Mar 26, 2015

loshjott said:
Yeah, that Giants game is going to suck.

In a Bucky Dent throwing out the first pitch before Game 7 2004 sort of way.

And then the actual game started....

Jed Zeppelin · Mar 26, 2015

loshjott said:
True. What I meant is that the pregame Super Bowl hoopla around that game is going to suck.

Then the beating will be doubly sweet.

This is going to be my first ever regular season Pats game (should've been at the Denver game last year but long story). Malcolm Butler made sure that it won't be so bad. Would have been near-impossible to go without the win this year, but now I can laugh it off.

Giants fans are usually fine and don't harbor the same resentments against the Pats, for obvious reasons plus the BB connection for the older crowd. Should be a decent-sized NE crowd there too.

Lose Remerswaal · May 12, 2015

mpx42 · Jul 7, 2015

Early promotion for Super Bowl 50 means opening kickoff night is slightly different this year: no concert at Gillette.

A source told FOX Sports on Tuesday that pregame events are set for both the New England and San Francisco Bay area leading into the Sept. 10 Steelers-Patriots matchup. That includes the NFL's annual pregame concert taking place in Northern California rather than in the Boston/Foxboro region.

The NFL usually holds all of its pregame events in the city or region hosting the Week 1 opener, which is traditionally given to the defending Super Bowl champion. The league, though, wants to use the excitement surrounding the start of the 2015 season as a tie-in promoting Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, Calif., and the year-long promotion of the title game's history.

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-planning-to-go-big-with-pregame-before-patriots-steelers-season-opener-070715

pappymojo · Jul 7, 2015

Leather · Jul 8, 2015

"We want shots of NFL fans without 'fuck Goodell' signs."

singaporesoxfan · Jul 8, 2015

I think there was also a danger that a pregame concert in Boston/Foxboro might result in Tom Brady showing up and embarrassing the NFL:

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