Treehugger Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Roger Goodell indicates Pro Bowl's future still in doubt By Gregg Rosenthal Around The League editor Published: Oct. 22, 2012 at 05:21 p.m. Updated: Oct. 22, 2012 at 06:32 p.m. The Pro Bowl is on for this season, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell indicated Monday that the game's future remains very much in doubt. Speaking on Sirius XM's "Town Hall with Roger Goodell" on Monday in New York, Goodell indicated he was "leaning" toward eliminating the game before players stepped in last offseason. That isn't a huge shock considering the tenor of Goodell's words after last season's game. He repeatedly said the game wasn't up to NFL standards. Goodell indicated the game needs to improve or it still could get the axe. "The players asked if they could take another crack at it to try to work to get the game more competitive," Goodell said. "Obviously, I support that. But if we can't accomplish that kind of standard, I'm inclined not to play it any more." It remains unclear exactly what steps the players and the NFL will take to try to improve the game in 2013. If the game continues at the lackluster level for another year, it sure sounds like Goodell won't hesitate to kill it altogether. Good. The game has become an embarrassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 The NFL is too violent a sport to have an All Star game without making it glorified flag football. I say make an All NFL Team or All-NFC/AFC Teams as a single season honor for the best players and forego the game itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueInCanada Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I say just have the skill challenges for the weekend. QB accuracy/long throw. Have a game of flag football with NFL greats like Joe Montana and Jerry Rice. Have a fastest/strongest NFL player competition. Make it really good fan experience, instead of the garbage experience that the Pro-bowl is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Offer every player 1 million each to win it. That'll get em to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandolphScott Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Has anyone actually ever sat down and watched the pro bowl from start to finish? I watching football religiously and would watch any game, yet the pro bowl sucks ballz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Its a game that needs to go. I've never watched one from start to finish and the two I can remember are worth forgetting. Besides the Thursday night games this year is turning into a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osi724dasack Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I say just have the skill challenges for the weekend. QB accuracy/long throw. Have a game of flag football with NFL greats like Joe Montana and Jerry Rice. Have a fastest/strongest NFL player competition. Make it really good fan experience, instead of the garbage experience that the Pro-bowl is. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorillaNJ Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Thank fucking god! Some skills competitions like passer accuracy, distance, kicking, sprinting, lifting, cheerleader ass fucking... Should be on nfl network like the combine coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightFire Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 The NFL is too violent a sport to have an All Star game without making it glorified flag football. I say make an All NFL Team or All-NFC/AFC Teams as a single season honor for the best players and forego the game itself. So is hockey. The problem is that this is for the players anyway and not the fans. Sometimes you have loss leaders in business and this is one of them. Hockey made it more interesting by going international but unfortunately only the USA cares about the NFL so that's a scratch. Maybe south versus north or east versus west? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman_NYG Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Make the Pro-Bowl international. Play the Pro-Bowl in London or some shit - thatll get international fans intererested since theyll see the best players play - and the game will look real interesting. Kind of like making Chelsea play soccer in the US and getting Beckham etc. Instead of the regular season games - I think the Pro-Bowl in London will make a lot more money. Fuck Hawaii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 can't stand the pro bowl.. hate the uniforms and it's quite boring.. I don't think I ever watched more than the first few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStroud Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I'd like to see the Pros play the College All Stars........that would be a heck of a lot more interesting Can only imagine what RG3 would have done to them last year back inthe 50s/60s the Giants used to play the College kids in pre-season in Jersey City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BronxRik Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 They should play it after the superbowl. 2 weeks after the superbowl. If it's such a status symbol to be voted to the pro bowl, the players voted in should actually play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightFire Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Make the Pro-Bowl international. Play the Pro-Bowl in London or some shit - thatll get international fans intererested since theyll see the best players play - and the game will look real interesting. Kind of like making Chelsea play soccer in the US and getting Beckham etc. Instead of the regular season games - I think the Pro-Bowl in London will make a lot more money. Fuck Hawaii The problem is that the NFL thinks it's a money game. It should be considered a loss leader and be a paid vacation on the NFL for players that are making the NFL a lot of money. Stupid bean counters never know what true value is. Sending them internationally isn't a bad idea though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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