Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: belief
27 Jan 2026 Acquired The NFL
“I think Lamar was like, "Oh, it's just kind of a funny placeholder name." But then it just stuck.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 27 Jan 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- The NFL
Transcript context
…Yes, by this point, the game is formally called the Super Bowl. The press had been looking for something to call it. And Lamar Hunt, I think, had been the one who observed his kid playing with a WAMO Super Bowl. When the league discussions were going on about it, he proposed Super Bowl, but Pete Rozelle hated it. I think Lamar was like, "Oh, it's just kind of a funny placeholder name." But then it just stuck. But it came out in some press interview and then they just ran with it. And then it was out of the league's control.…
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