Tim's Two Cents-January 31

Is the Pro Bowl Past it's Prime?  The answer is yes.  The NFL's All Star Game will be today.  There will be no huge waves or scenic beaches on the Hawaiian islands.  It will still be at a beach.  The one known as South Beach. 

Leading up to this week, almost everyone has been trashing the Pro Bowl.  Like almost everyone else, I don't see the magic of the Pro Bowl.  While I applaud the NFL for trying something new by moving it up before the Super Bowl, it ultimately seems doomed for failure.  We won't get to see any of the Colts or Saints players who were selected to go.  That means no Peyton Manning or Drew Brees.  They will instead be playing for the grand prize next Sunday.

While the Pro Bowl will provide us with an opportunity to see a football game on an otherwise relatively quiet weekend, I won't be watching.  Most of the players won't even be playing very hard to avoid injuries.  The other truth is that most of them probably go just to get a free trip to Hawaii.  That won't be happening this year.  The way I see it, the NFL will have to move the Pro Bowl back to the way it was before.  I don't know how many people will watch if this happens.  I did hear of one way to improve the Pro Bowl.  At halftime, introduce the Super Bowl teams and have that be the kickoff to Super Bowl week leading up to the big week.  I guess it would make it more interesting.  Then again, there's already Media Day.  

The television ratings prove the NFL is the most popular of the four major sports by a country mile, but they have the worst All Star Game of the four major sports.