I can’t believe how incredibly dull the Pro Bowl is.  People can complain about baseball being a boring sport or even soccer, but nothing is worse than the Pro Bowl.  It doesn’t help that each year some of the top pros elect not to play at all or that no defense is played whatsoever.  There appears to be no real effort or competitiveness about anything to do with it.  I watched two plays and that was plenty good for me because frankly, I had some stuff to do around the house and watching another 5 minutes of that garbage was sure to put me to sleep or wish I was asleep.

Major League Baseball came up with Home run derby.  The NBA has a whole weekend about it with the players skills challenge, dunk contest, 3 point shooting and is the clear winner of best all star shows.  What makes them so good is that they understand what the game is and know how to market it.  How great would it be if the NFL went back to the fastest man challenge that they used to do?  Why not have the QB challenge again and let’s see how far these guys can really throw a ball and hit targets and such?  Why not let running backs go through obstacle courses and such?  Come up with something that the fans can latch onto and look forward to because the game is terrible if that’s all we get. 

Pro Football is the winner of the most watched sport in the USA and will stay that way and maybe that’s why they don’t feel the need to upgrade the Pro Bowl.  I can only say that when I grew up I watched the Wide World of Sports and the Pro Bowl still feels like that show today.  It needs improving.

I’ve read comments from people saying that it is difficult because it is after the season and everything and that’s why people lose interest.  People don’t lose interest in pro football unless the interest is taken away.  The game is meaningless, the stats are meaningless and nothing about the game is important.  We already know that Mr. Goodell and we are fine with it, now bring some excitement and festivities around the game so we can at least look forward to something to do with the Pro Bowl.

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