Why Do We Need A "Pro Bowl"?

Alright, settle down you "super jocks" and "football purists",
how many of you will be watching "most of the best" next
Sunday when the fans' picks take vacation in Hawaii?

Seriously now, since the chances are that your team is NOT
in the Super Bowl, are you so "committed" (or should be)
that you intend to watch the 2 or 3 players from your "fav"
team that will be "going thru the motions" in what is
affectionately called "The Pro Bowl"?

WHY, I ask, do we need a "Pro Bowl"? Just because the
NBA, NHL, and MLBA all have superstar games, does that
mean that we should play along with the sponsors and
advertisers and go through a meaningless contest at the
end of the meaningful schedule (with 1 notable exception,
of course)? Why not just name the players who have
distinguished themselves by their superior skills, talents,
efforts, and intelligence, and let them be honored thusly?
If you want to give them a trophy or some monetary
award, go for it, or even a free vacation to a location of
their choice, just please DUMP THE GAME!

WHY, I ask, do we need a "Pro Bowl"? Is it to reward those
special few with additional dollars? Don't they make
enough already? How does your income compare to theirs?
Yeh, yeh, yeh, you're not out there 16 out of 17 weeks
"putting your life and livelihood" on the line, but you are
"giving it your all", right? What is your payoff for that?
DO YOU GET AN ALL-EXPENSES PAID TRIP TO SOME
WARM, EXOTIC PLACE? Doubtful.

I'd rather watch "Heidi", or "The Sound of Music", or
"Red", or "Unstoppable" or "The Dirty Dozen" than bore
myself to sleep with The Pro Bowl.

With both men's and women's college basketball on the
air, along with pro basketball, tennis, golf, etc., haven't
we had enough football for this year? YES. Please,
Mr. Commissioner and NFL Board of "Whatevers", do
us and yourselves a favor, and change the end-of-the-
year debacle that very few care about or watch. I
certainly won't spend my Sunday afternoon in a
"mindless" fashion by watching a game that has no
significance or consequence. I'd rather watch the
neighborhood guys and girls play a game of "tag"
football - it's a lot more entertaining! Humph.
Besides, aren't these guys banged and bruised and
bothered enough from the season's battles? Yes.

SOUND OFF! Okay, you jocks and jockessess, let me
and "The Commish" know what you think. I'm curious.

AS FOR MY PICK FOR FEB. 6th - My heart is with the
men from "The Steel City", since they've been my home
team and favorite "forever", but my gut (brain) says that
the Pack and Mssr. Rodgers are canny enough and
tough enough to pull it off. Pack 26, Stillers 20.

P.S. - the NFL.com website has almost 68,ooo votes on
who may win, and 60% of them, as of today, take the
boys from "the frozen tundra" of Lambeau Field!