January 28th, 2003

Pro Bowl Blues

This Sunday afternoon, the most inconsequential football game of the year will take place in Hawaii, and I'm guessing few fans will even notice that the Pro Bowl is going on. Heck, even John Madden, due to his fear of flying, won't be travelling to Hawaii to broadcast the game. Over at National Review Online, Steve Chapman says it's time to put the Pro Bowl out to pasture:

It may be unfair to say nothing exciting has ever happened in a Pro Bowl. In fact, there may have been thrilling plays that nobody remembers because nobody saw them. Last year, the NFL had to go to great lengths just to sell all 50,000 seats in the stadium

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