The Pro Bowl is back. It never left, actually, but Roger Goodell confirmed on Wednesday following the NFL owners meetings that the league would hold the all-star event in Hawaii again in 2014. There was some speculation that the NFL would end the event, as players have complained about a lack of effort in recent years and it's been an unappealing event to watch, but it's also been wildly popular, drawing shockingly high ratings despite the complaints. "We will play a game in Hawaii next year," Goodell said. That doesn't mean the game is a lock for Hawaii going forward, however. Goodell said the league would consider moving around the location, but for at least next year it's in Hawaii and will take place on the Sunday before the Super Bowl. "We're open-minded," Goodell said when asked about location moving forward. "Our agreement with Hawaii is just for next year. I'd expect we stay in Hawaii on [at least] a rotational basis." Source: CBS Sports
Two weeks after the SB makes more sense to me. Some of the players you'd want to see in the PB don't get to play because they're preparing to play in the SB. The SB teams could care less, because they don't want to see their players get hurt anyway
apparently now the league is working on some sort of hyped-up prime-time televised 'draft' for the pro-bowl rosters to try and drum up some interest in the game. really, they should just do a skills competition and be done with the game.
