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Biggest reason is that they're playing the Pro Bowl before the Super Bowl. Which means, any Super Bowl players selected to the Pro Bowl automatically don't play in the Pro Bowl. I bet a good chunk of those 40 players probably are Super Bowl players, with another good chunk being because of injuries. The Redskins had 3 of their 5 players opt out because of injury.
And that comes back to $. There is no incentive for the players.. these are top players, making top $ and the Pro Bowl simply cannot pay them enough to warrant the risk.
I distinctly remember Troy Aikman getting fined by the league when the Pro Bowl was a week after the SB and it was still in Hawaii. Troy had just won SB MVP and had some endorsement things to attend to so he skipped out of the game after the 1st qtr or so and he was no longer playing..
Biggest reason is that they're playing the Pro Bowl before the Super Bowl. Which means, any Super Bowl players selected to the Pro Bowl automatically don't play in the Pro Bowl. I bet a good chunk of those 40 players probably are Super Bowl players, with another good chunk being because of injuries. The Redskins had 3 of their 5 players opt out because of injury.
not the case with most (75%) of the replacements and I'm guess most of those "injuries" are healed up by the Monday after the Pro Bowl was played. Holding the game in Orlando probably didn't help much but the players just don't want to play for all the reasons too obvious. Yet, as long as the league continues to make money off the game, they will continue to hold it.
And that comes back to $. There is no incentive for the players.. these are top players, making top $ and the Pro Bowl simply cannot pay them enough to warrant the risk.
I distinctly remember Troy Aikman getting fined by the league when the Pro Bowl was a week after the SB and it was still in Hawaii. Troy had just won SB MVP and had some endorsement things to attend to so he skipped out of the game after the 1st qtr or so and he was no longer playing..
The players in this year's Pro Bowl sure didn't play like there wasn't any incentive; especially Kirk Cousins.
not the case with most (75%) of the replacements and I'm guess most of those "injuries" are healed up by the Monday after the Pro Bowl was played. Holding the game in Orlando probably didn't help much but the players just don't want to play for all the reasons too obvious. Yet, as long as the league continues to make money off the game, they will continue to hold it.
I don't think anybody is arguing that there isn't as much incentive to play in the Pro Bowl as it would be the Super Bowl. That being said, some players don't need much incentive to get out and compete. Others do. That doesn't take away from the fact that this year's Pro Bowl was actually competitive and effort was made. Unlike past Pro Bowls.
I don't really see the problem with those watching the Pro Bowl and enjoying it nor those who don't want to watch it. It's kind of a silly argument either way.
I would say that if the Pro Bowl was moved to right before the new season started, the players would probably be excited to play in it since they haven't had a chance to really hit anybody all year.
It is all for the fans anyway. Kind of fun to see a team made up of "All Stars" even if some of the stars were not there.
I really liked the way Cousins ran that guy down after the interception. Entertaining.
Yes, The Pro Bowl was on and I enjoyed it.
That being said, someone will always find something to complain about.
But while watching the game, I managed three things
1 No Jokes made about the San Diego Chargers
2 No comments about Andy Reid's weight, or how much food he can buy with his $61.000.
3 I refrained from any comments about what a bad coach Jason Garrett is.
SO see, something good did come out of the game. I was away from my usual, comical, light-hearted, trash-talking behavior.
I would say that if the Pro Bowl was moved to right before the new season started, the players would probably be excited to play in it since they haven't had a chance to really hit anybody all year.
Not sure about that. Who wants to start off the season risking injury in a worthless game?
The NFL should just dump the Pro Bowl. And that skills competition was just silly. I taped then watched it. Silly. I FF'd through most of it, especially dodge ball. Give me a break!
The simple reality of this day and age - when stars make 8 figures/year, when the season is 16+ games long, when the facts that players keep getting both bigger and faster makes the cumulative effect of a season all the more brutal - is that an exhibition game in January (and that's exactly what the Pro Bowl is) simply isn't going to amount to much. As Don Henley sang, 'those days are gone forever [we] should just let 'em go!'.
The NFL should put it out to pasture.
But then, this is a league that would sell pay-per-view of Tom Brady cleaning out his belly-button lint if it thought there was a buck in it, so that won't happen...
The NFL should put a bullet in it, but likely won't. Maybe we'd be better served by coming up with a replacement idea?
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