6 reasons to hate the Pro Bowl, add your own

[HOUSE]

There will probably be an interview with Roger Goodell, will they ask a question about the Dolphin owner paying to throw games?

 

Of course not...( these are pre selected questions approved before the interview)

 

Interviewer: Isn't this a lovely city, play much golf here?

 

Goodell: Of yes, some wonderful courses here, Top notch

[GunnerBill]

44 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

Competing to which league survives a whole season.

 

Wake me up when one manages it. 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

I’m not here to say I hate the game. But I will say I hate something about it.  

NFL Football is about as close to being my favorite thing as possible. I watch every second I can because I know how fast the season goes. The pro bowl isn’t great. They are more or less screwing around and it’s football but barely. I get that. However, the best thing about the Pro Bowl (by far) was that it was after the super bowl. It was 1 more chance to see some before the long off-season and it gave you a little comfort knowing you still had 1 tiny thing left to look forward to football wise. I’d even rather it be 2 weeks after the super bowl to really give you that little extension. The off season is so long and now after the final gun of the super bowl there is just a strange sadness knowing it’s all over. Moving the pro bowl before the super bowl was the worst thing they could do for this game. Again, it’s nothing special. It’s not great but please put it back to where it was.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Looking forward to the day the Pro Bowl starts getting moved around to different league cities.  Cue the chicken wing prep footage, and view of Niagara Falls from Highmark's upper deck.

[BuffaloBillyG]

47 minutes ago, Simon said:

Back in the early 90's I was living in Buffalo next to this crazy lady who was always trying to get me to come over. I finally agreed to come over and "watch the Pro Bowl" with her and things went as you'd expect. We were on the couch, doing what guys and gals do, when some crazy dude in a German military visor barged in with a bunch of beer, tore of his clothes and then tried to join in! Needless to say I got the hell out of there and moved away the next week.

I don't know what ever happened to those lunatics but the whole thing sort of ruined the Pro Bowl for me.....

Ve vere vondering vhere you vent! You vill join us for Pro Bowl and Snitzel today, yes?

[Don Otreply]

It’s a popularity contest, ruled over by teenage girls, 

 

my apologies to the teenage girls who may or may not be offended. 

[Saxum]

1 hour ago, frostbitmic said:

And that's different, how ?

 

They need to move it back to Hawaii

 

They can't.  They will not allow people in unvaccinated and they arrest those with false vax cards.

[filthymcnasty08]

It's the "cringiest" thing the NFL does.  They refuse to let go of it.

 

Give the PB players their trip to Hawaii for their families and do a big charity golf tournament between AFC/NFC...do it like the Ryder Cup with a well-respected Captain (like a Peyton Manning)

 

Meet/Greet with fans and a couple of promotional things.....done with it.

I would watch a sunday golf pairing btwn Mahomes/JA

 

I would never watch that sh-t football game where all I do is worry that someone wrecks their career with an odd injury.....

 

 

[Simon]

15 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Ve vere vondering vhere you vent! You vill join us for Pro Bowl and Snitzel today, yes?

 

I checked with the Frau and she prefers I remain at home for dinner this evening.

To that end, I am currently thawing a roast with my orbital bone. 

 

 

[boco357]

Make it a skills competition, but in the middle of the season.  Another bye week for everyone mid season and extends SB to Presidents day weekend.  TV networks may not like that though.

[First Round Bust]

it means the end of another fun and interesting season is upon us..sigh...I always refer to the Pro Bowl as the the NFL season funeral....

 

but we can look forward to free agency next month, excessive mock drafts (the draft cant come soon enough)...the playoffs keep getting better due in part to the salary cap and the parity it creates in a macro-sense...so its hard to go from that intensity to.....

[Nextmanup]

Why do I hate the Pro Bowl?

 

I've seen more competitive intensity at a Girl Scout cookie sale.

 

 

[MJS]

The Pro Bowl week is just for the players to get together and have some fun. I have no problem with it. The skills challenges and games are fun to watch.

 

Although, I bet they are wishing the game was still in Hawaii.

 

There's nothing wrong with the pro bowl unless you take it too seriously.

[BarleyNY]

On the other hand, does anyone know of a reason to like it?

[Yawning Frog]

I find it funny how everyone says that they don't watch the Pro Bowl  but the TV ratings says other wise 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

2 minutes ago, State Rt. 21 N. said:

I find it funny how everyone says that they don't watch the Pro Bowl  but the TV ratings says other wise 

FAKE NEWS!

[billsbackto81]

Selection process is a joke.

 

The best players used to  considered it an honor to be selected. Now it's a nuisance and beneath them.

 

No effort put out.

 

Risk of injury in a meaningless game. 

[Nextmanup]

8 minutes ago, State Rt. 21 N. said:

I find it funny how everyone says that they don't watch the Pro Bowl  but the TV ratings says other wise 

What do the ratings say?  In all honesty, I love watching NFL football as much as anyone, and will often find myself watching a dog MNF or TNF game right to the end!  

 

But I wouldn't even think of watching the Pro Bowl, nor have I in probably 30 years.

 

I did watch in my younger years when the Bills were going to Super Bowls.

 

I thought it was cool to see all the Bills helmets on the field on offense at the same time.

 

 

[BarleyNY]

13 minutes ago, State Rt. 21 N. said:

I find it funny how everyone says that they don't watch the Pro Bowl  but the TV ratings says other wise 

Do they?  I mean SOME people obviously watch it, but the ratings aren’t great.  10M (ish) viewers nationally isn’t nothing.  It is about a tenth of the viewership the SB and about half of a nationally televised regular season Sunday night game.  I probably haven’t watched 30 total minutes of the Pro Bowl in the last 15 years. 

5 minutes ago, billsbackto81 said:

Selection process is a joke.

 

The best players used to  considered it an honor to be selected. Now it's a nuisance and beneath them.

 

No effort put out.

 

Risk of injury in a meaningless game. 

And they don’t even get to go to Hawaii anymore.  At least it’s in Vegas this year after being in (shudder) Orlando the three previous. 

Edited February 6, 2022 by BarleyNY

[hondo in seattle]

The last time I enjoyed, or even cared about, the Pro Bowl is when OJ played.

 

I don't hate it.  It's an irrelevant nothing that doesn't appear at all on my radar.  

 

Just writing these few sentences is the most I've thought about it in decades.  

 

Edited February 6, 2022 by hondo in seattle