Do they? I've probably watched the game once or twice in the last 10 years. And when I say "watched the game" I mean I turned it on for a few possessions before turning the channel or throwing the remote through a window out of sheer agony.
Football is as popular as it is in America because of the violence. We love the hits, hate the penalties for big hits, and want to see more violence. Football's main draw is the exact reason its all-star game is on par with figure skating and billiards on ESPN 2.
Baseball, basketball, and hockey all have much more entertaining all-star games. Baseball is the best in my opinion, because it's the hardest to fake.
You can decide whether to take a charge or not. Or whether you want to check a guy into the boards, or lay out a receiver coming across the middle. But you can't decide if you're going to hit a curveball. You just do it. Pitchers go all out for their 1 inning and guys are swinging for the fences. It's easily the closest to a real game you'll find among the 4 major sports.
So how should they fix the Pro Bowl? Any of these would be more entertaining:
-Make it 7-on-7. Take out the lineman and just the skill positions play.
-Take the 2 worst teams in the league and let the winner get the #1 pick in the draft.
-Make the game mean something: One member of the losing team gets shipped to...... Detroit. Just one year though. Let's not be too harsh.
-Take notes from the NHL and have a draft.
-Make the entire losing team watch a replay of the Pro Bowl immediately following the game.
-Get rid of it
Any of these would work, commissioner. No one is watching anyway.
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