Report: Pro Bowl to be held before the Super Bowl, beginning in 2010

[Gutter]

Between the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl, to be held at the Super Bowl site.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3798734

Probably would put a bit more interest into the game ... a bit.

 

[outofplace]

Between the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3798734

Probably would put a bit more interest into the game ... a bit.

I'm assuming they would be playing without any players from the Super Bowl participants, further weakening the talent level in the game that is already limited because so many players drop out.

 

[forever_town]

Could be worse. They could try to draw a page from other professional sports leagues and give every team a Week 9 bye week and play the Pro Bowl then...

 

[spnited]

Between the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3798734

Probably would put a bit more interest into the game ... a bit.

I'm assuming they would be playing without any players from the Super Bowl participants, further weakening the talent level in the game that is already limited because so many players drop out.

And without the all-expense-paid vacation in Hawaii, even more are going to skip it now.

 

[outofplace]

I don't know why they even bother at this point. Why not just pick the teams, send everybody who makes it a little plaque and move on? The game usually sucks and players don't really want to take a chance on getting hurt.

I'm a football junkie and I don't even bother watching any more.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

It might not be enough to save the pro-bowl, but it's a great idea, even without the SB players. Players will come because everyone wants an excuse to be a big shot during SB week.

 

[alleyallen]

I'd much prefer to have the college title game held at the same stadium as the Super Bowl, in the week prior. Who cares about the Pro Bowl?

 

[Drip]

This Goddell Idea will fail.

 

[writing irish]

They changed the Chicago Charities College All-Star Game? What?

 

[DanOregon]

It actually makes a lot of sense. Gives people something to talk about in the weeks in between the championship games and the Super Bowl, gets a lot of players to the Super Bowl site and might give them a few more opportunities to be paid to attend corporate gigs, the Super Bowl participants largely begged off the Pro Bowl anyway.
Maybe they can make it so the winning Pro Bowl conference determines which is the "home" team in the Super Bowl.

 

[Armchair_QB]

The NFL's thinking on the Pro Bowl changed when Goddell took over. His point was, "If the Super Bowl is the culmination of our season, why are we playing another game a week later?"

 

[Pancamo]

I'd much prefer to have the college title game held at the same stadium as the Super Bowl, in the week prior. Who cares about the Pro Bowl?

Adding another month off between games would make for some quality football.

 

[DanOregon]

And since the Pro Bowl will be on the mainland, how about flying in fans from every NFL team, have them sit in the same section by conference, the conference that wins earns those fans another week and Super Bowl tickets.

 

[outofplace]

It actually makes a lot of sense. Gives people something to talk about in the weeks in between the championship games and the Super Bowl, gets a lot of players to the Super Bowl site and might give them a few more opportunities to be paid to attend corporate gigs, the Super Bowl participants largely begged off the Pro Bowl anyway.
Maybe they can make it so the winning Pro Bowl conference determines which is the "home" team in the Super Bowl.

Because everybody loves that baseball did that with its all-star game. :

 

[txsportsscribe]

they still play the pro bowl?

 

[KYSportsWriter]

they still play the pro bowl?

Hard to believe, ain't it?

 

[Del_B_Vista]

Report: Pro Bowl to be held meaningless and unwatchable even before the Super Bowl, beginning in 2010

Fixed.

 

[heyabbott]

I don't know why they even bother at this point. Why not just pick the teams, send everybody who makes it a little plaque and move on? The game usually sucks and players don't really want to take a chance on getting hurt.

I'm a football junkie and I don't even bother watching any more.

Between the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3798734

Probably would put a bit more interest into the game ... a bit.

I'm assuming they would be playing without any players from the Super Bowl participants, further weakening the talent level in the game that is already limited because so many players drop out.

And without the all-expense-paid vacation in Hawaii, even more are going to skip it now.

They'll comp them tickets to the Super Bowl so they can sell them on ebay and make twice what it would cost to go to Hawaii

 

[hondo]

It actually makes a lot of sense. Gives people something to talk about in the weeks in between the championship games and the Super Bowl, gets a lot of players to the Super Bowl site and might give them a few more opportunities to be paid to attend corporate gigs, the Super Bowl participants largely begged off the Pro Bowl anyway.
Maybe they can make it so the winning Pro Bowl conference determines which is the "home" team in the Super Bowl.

It makes no ****ing sense whatever. Without the players from the two Super Bowl teams, you'll be reduced to watching David Garrard and Jason Campbell as the starting quarterbacks. This is the worst idea I've ever heard. They need to bag the game entirely, and just pick an All-Star team.

 

[Oz]

It makes no ****ing sense whatever. Without the players from the two Super Bowl teams, you'll be reduced to watching David Garrard and Jason Campbell as the starting quarterbacks.

Or, some years you wouldn't get the pleasure of seeing Trent Dilfer and Kerry Collins and Rex Grossman.