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    Re: Pro Bowl format changed

    I think I'll be even less likely to watch this game if that's possible

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    These sound stupid, just have a skills competition, or better yet can it.
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    What a joke of a game. Just name an all-pro team and call it a day.

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    Re: Pro Bowl format changed

    Viewership will double....to four.

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    There's really no saving that event. It's fundamentally flawed based on the nature of the game. However, I do give them credit for reaching out and trying to make it more fan friendly. Would not doubt that the fantasy draft gets higher ratings than a lot of other programming.
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    Just make it sandlot rules. No coaches, players draw up their own plays on the fly, with the clock running.
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    Quote Originally Posted by texasdave View Post
    Viewership will double....to four.
    For as many people who say they hate the game and won't watch, it actually pulled a higher rating than the average World Series game last year. People complain that it's a junk game, and it is, but they still watch it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danny Serafini View Post
    For as many people who say they hate the game and won't watch, it actually pulled a higher rating than the average World Series game last year. People complain that it's a junk game, and it is, but they still watch it.
    Are you serious? I love football even after what Mike Brown made me endure in the 90's.....and I still like this game, but understand if they did away with it......but how sad is it that people prefer to watch this at a higher rate than a WS game?

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    I haven't watched this game in probably 10 years, and with these rule changes, there is no way in H-E-double-hockey-sticks I'll watch it again.

    This game just hit the proverbial "jumping of the shark." This is the Happy Days of football right here. What a complete joke they've just made this game -- and it already wasn't too appealing to begin with.
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    Re: Pro Bowl format changed

    Mark Schlereth voiced a great idea on the radio last night: He thinks they should play the game for $100K per man on the winning team. Losers get $0.

    Now that would make it a real football game and more interesting. I'd still wait for the highlights however...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danny Serafini View Post
    For as many people who say they hate the game and won't watch, it actually pulled a higher rating than the average World Series game last year. People complain that it's a junk game, and it is, but they still watch it.
    I've heard stuff like this before and I find it mind boggling but true

    But what’s really striking is the rating for the Pro Bowl, which drew 12.5 million viewers on NBC on January 29. Yes, that makes it the lowest-rated NFL broadcast of 2012, but that’s still an enormous TV audience. To put the ratings in perspective, the Pro Bowl drew more viewers than the Major League Baseball All-Star game, which is the highest-rated baseball game of the year so far. The Pro Bowl also got better ratings than any hockey game this year, better ratings than all of the NBA conference finals games except Game 7 between the Celtics and Heat, better ratings than the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials, better ratings than the final round of the U.S. Open and better ratings than a great Sugar Bowl game between Michigan and Virginia Tech.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sea Ray View Post
    I've heard stuff like this before and I find it mind boggling but true


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    I think you'll see regular season games eliminate kickoffs within the next 5-10 years.
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    So the pro bowl will nolonger count?

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