It's so anti-climatic to end the season with the Pro Bowl. The NFL is the only league that ends the season with their All-Star game. Surreal is you ask me.
2007-02-10 10:08:58 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Unlike some sports, an NFL All-Star game in this day and age defies logic. Nobody wants to get hurt, and most aren't "getting after it". Why have one at all? It's a rather boring exercise in futility, in my opinion.
2007-02-18 09:21:40 · answer #1 · answered by FFBchamp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's kinda pointless, I agree... no one really cares because to most normal people, football season ends with the Super Bowl. I think that they should do it after week 9, once the teams have all played 8 games. That would seem to be smart since people might actually care!
However, I can also see the reasoning for doing it after the fact. Unlike other sports, football, even in an all-star game, is highly physically intensive. In the other sports, there is "the all-star break" which gives even the players a chance to chill out and recover, since they don't really try. However in football, all the physical contact that happens incidentally makes it very difficult to have an all-star game during the season. In football, the risk of injury (although usually minor in an all-star game) is greater than most sports, especially when people are just playing for style and fun... And it would be bad if somebody got hurt and missed significant time (even 1 or 2 games to a key player would cause controversy if it was at mid-season), I think that is probably the reasoning against doing it at mid-season.
2007-02-10 18:12:09 · answer #2 · answered by Beast8981 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's better at the end of the season considering how physical the sport of football is. It would still be a bore in the middle of the season and actually really disruptive to the season as we know it.
I think it's going to continue to be anti-climatic no matter when it's played until they make it "worth" something. Like in the All-Star game where the league that wins gets home field advantage in the World Series. I'm not sure exactly what incentive they could give but it would at least make players want to show up.
2007-02-10 18:23:20 · answer #3 · answered by sweetie_tdp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah but injuries occur so much more in football than any other sports. We think many players miss the pro bowl now. Imagine if it was in the middle of the season. Many more would miss. Also theres only 17 games a season compared to 100+. At the end is the only logical way to do it in the NFL.
2007-02-10 18:13:53 · answer #4 · answered by rodneydeeeee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing the Pro Bowl is is a free trip and vacation in Hawaii paid for by the sponsors of the commercials you see during the game (for those players that want to go)...it's all just so much "fluff".
You've noticed that many of the "all-star" players opt out of going because they know it's just a big hype and they don't want to take a chance of getting injured during a meaningless game...plus, they can certainly afford vacations to even more exotic parts of the world whenever they want to, including the week following the season-ending Super Bowl.
For the reason others have stated, it would never be held during a regular season simply because of the risk of injury.
(quite frankly...I have the game on while answering this question, the first quarter just ended with the score 0-0...I'm going to pop in a DVD so maybe I'll stop yawning.)
2007-02-10 18:20:53 · answer #5 · answered by GeneL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree but football is a very physical sport, I know I would be pretty upset if one of my teams best players went down in a Pro Bowl at the middle of the season. Also unlike the other major sports the football season is only 16 games. So you wouldnt see enough to determine who the best players are.
2007-02-10 19:04:51 · answer #6 · answered by MJMGrand 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually one wonders if the question should be turned around and asked why the other sports don't have their All-Star games at the end of the season like American football?
A Pro Bowl/All-Star game should be designed to recognize season accomplishment even for those players who excelled in their particular positions but whose teams were not able to qualify for championship playoffs.
2007-02-10 18:30:56 · answer #7 · answered by eriurana 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No the Pro Bowl shouldn't be played in the middle of the season just in case that no one gets hurt in the game so that no team is damaged in mid season ruining their chances of the Super Bowl and also the other reason is that we get to see and vote for the players we want to see i the whole year so they can earn their votes.
2007-02-15 21:03:11 · answer #8 · answered by Tim Rohan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pro Bowl at mid season? Bad idea. Teams in playoffs races would suffer, most key players would not play for risk of injury down the stretch run, season is tough enough on them physically why risk them for a meaningless game at the half way point?
2007-02-10 19:33:41 · answer #9 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOPE!! They should get rid of the Pro Bowl, mid-season nobdoy will go for the same reason they should simply get rid of it, people get hurt in this game! Already today Drew Breese and Chad Johnson had some close calls. Just get rid of the Pro Bowl and let the players compete in a skills competition.
2007-02-10 19:39:46 · answer #10 · answered by Eric 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that one answer about the game being played during the championship game and the super bowl is crazy considering alot of your pro bowl player's are going to be from the two super bowl teams i think it should be played at mid season like most other sport's there's no need in playing it at the end of the year cuz no body is wantin to watch the game...
2007-02-10 18:19:20 · answer #11 · answered by Kara J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋