Players on the winning team get $40,000. Is that worth the increased risk of a career-ending injury? Players don't know the plays, don't know what their teammates will do, don't know the blocking assignments. One player could go at 3/4 speed and another at full speed. A player with the moral fiber of a Warren Sapp could be looking to deliberately injure someone looking the other way.
College all-star games affect draft position, but what does the Pro-Bowl do for a player? Isn't there a players' association looking out for the players?
I think a battle of the network stars-type of program would draw just as many viewers and sponsors. Football is over after the Super Bowl. Other sports don't have an all-star game after the season is over.
Ideally players on the Super Bowl winner would decline to participate, 'we've already proved our point'.
College all-star games affect draft position, but what does the Pro-Bowl do for a player? Isn't there a players' association looking out for the players?
I think a battle of the network stars-type of program would draw just as many viewers and sponsors. Football is over after the Super Bowl. Other sports don't have an all-star game after the season is over.
Ideally players on the Super Bowl winner would decline to participate, 'we've already proved our point'.