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On Thursday, April 26, the Associated Press reported that the NFL could suspend the 2013 Pro Bowl while the league determines the game’s future. The quality of play in recent Pro Bowls has forced the NFL to examine the viability of the annual all-star game.
I think this news is a long time coming. The Pro Bowl hasn’t been fun to watch for years since neither the players nor the fans take it seriously. It’s hard to care about a game that has no meaning or effect on the season. Truthfully, the Pro Bowl is hard to watch. Football is a game that’s meant to be played with both the offense and the defense giving 100 percent effort. When that doesn’t happen, it becomes nothing more than a boring exhibition.
It wasn’t fun watching the AFC and the NFC combine for 100 point in last January’s Pro Bowl. I want defense. I want to see the NFC’s best cornerbacks to go one-on-one with the AFC’s top receivers like they would as if they were playing in a regular season game. Anything else is just a waste of my time.
Regardless of what happens to the 2013 Pro Bowl, the NFL has to do something with this event. Maybe the league could simply advertise it as a flag football game. Maybe it could emphasize the skills competitions like the NHL and the NBA. If they make it more about the other events instead of a game where fans know the players aren’t going to play hard, then I think the NFL could be onto something. There is no reason why the Pro Bowl couldn’t become a celebration of the sport as a whole. If the NFL wants to keep the game around, then it should start with the skills competition.
However, if the league can’t figure out a solution, then it needs to get rid of the Pro Bowl. There’s no need to risk players getting injured for a game that is nothing more than a waste of time. As a St. Louis Rams fan, I’m used to watching bad football. I don’t need to see more of the same from the NFL’s elite in a meaningless all-star game.
Derek Ciapala has been a Rams fan since he was a child and the team was in Los Angeles. His favorite Rams moments include Flipper Anderson’s 336-yard receiving night against the Saints in 1989, and their miracle 1999 run to their first Super Bowl victory. You can follow him on Twitter@dciapala.
(Originally published on Yahoo! Sports)
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On Thursday, April 26, the Associated Press reported that the NFL could suspend the 2013 Pro Bowl while the league determines the game’s future. The quality of play in recent Pro Bowls has forced the NFL to examine the viability of the annual all-star game.
I think this news is a long time coming. The Pro Bowl hasn’t been fun to watch for years since neither the players nor the fans take it seriously. It’s hard to care about a game that has no meaning or effect on the season. Truthfully, the Pro Bowl is hard to watch. Football is a game that’s meant to be played with both the offense and the defense giving 100 percent effort. When that doesn’t happen, it becomes nothing more than a boring exhibition.
It wasn’t fun watching the AFC and the NFC combine for 100 point in last January’s Pro Bowl. I want defense. I want to see the NFC’s best cornerbacks to go one-on-one with the AFC’s top receivers like they would as if they were playing in a regular season game. Anything else is just a waste of my time.
Regardless of what happens to the 2013 Pro Bowl, the NFL has to do something with this event. Maybe the league could simply advertise it as a flag football game. Maybe it could emphasize the skills competitions like the NHL and the NBA. If they make it more about the other events instead of a game where fans know the players aren’t going to play hard, then I think the NFL could be onto something. There is no reason why the Pro Bowl couldn’t become a celebration of the sport as a whole. If the NFL wants to keep the game around, then it should start with the skills competition.
However, if the league can’t figure out a solution, then it needs to get rid of the Pro Bowl. There’s no need to risk players getting injured for a game that is nothing more than a waste of time. As a St. Louis Rams fan, I’m used to watching bad football. I don’t need to see more of the same from the NFL’s elite in a meaningless all-star game.
Derek Ciapala has been a Rams fan since he was a child and the team was in Los Angeles. His favorite Rams moments include Flipper Anderson’s 336-yard receiving night against the Saints in 1989, and their miracle 1999 run to their first Super Bowl victory. You can follow him on Twitter@dciapala.
(Originally published on Yahoo! Sports)
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