Ravens Blog: The Pro Bowl Is Not The All-Star Game

As our own Dave Halprin wondered this week: can the Pro Bowl be fixed? It has never been as relevant as, say, baseball's All-Star Game. Our Ravens blog, Baltimore Beatdown, explores why.

With the new version of pro football's version of their All-Star Game, there have been so many additions and deletions that you'll definitely need a program to figure out who some of the guys are on the field today. For the first time, the game is being played the week before the Super Bowl, and in Miami rather than Hawaii no less. While both decisions are not popular with the players, the fans must approve as they will be attending in record numbers, which certainly makes the league happy.

It's nowhere near the incentive for the players to get rewarded with an all-expenses paid trip to South Florida compared to the same to Hawaii. However, many are able to have more friends and fans watch them play.

That is, if they decide to play.

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