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I think it is all about ratings. Normally when the Super Bowl is over people kind of shut football off and forget about it. The pro bowl usually gets shitty ratings because people are out of football mode and don't care about a game that doesn't mean anything. So I think this year they want to give you some football to keep you happy while you wait for the super bowl. Of course the players hate it and are always trying to find a way out of it. They should just get rid of it. If they want to name a pro bowl team, cool. It is a good way to recognize the best players, but the game is useless.
And this year they are doing something that is world class stupid. The players that are in the super bowl won't play in the pro bowl. But the pro bowl players on the Saints and Colts will go for the introductions and stand on the sidelines for half the game. So the league is making them fly from their home city to Miami for the introduction. They will leave at halftime and fly back to their home city only to turn around and fly back to Miami with their team the next day. The league wants the whole team arriving at the same time. So these guys have to spend a bunch of time flying, when they could just be relaxing and enjoying the day and meeting their teams the next day in Miami.
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