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NFLPA President: Roger Goodell came close to canceling Pro Bowl
CBSSports.com ^ | January 26, 2014 10:41 am ET | John Breech

Posted on 01/26/2014 12:47:19 PM PST by Dave346

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1 posted on 01/26/2014 12:47:19 PM PST by Dave346
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Given the high financial value placed on these elite players, I’m quite surprised they are playing a game like this any more.


2 posted on 01/26/2014 12:49:23 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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Plus the fact that a good number of players can’t even play in it because they are playing in the Super Bowl.

Who is the numbnut that thought having the game the week before the SB was a good idea?


3 posted on 01/26/2014 12:50:59 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Dave346

Honestly, the NFL should have the Senior Bowl on the same day the Pro Bowl is on now.


4 posted on 01/26/2014 12:51:29 PM PST by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: Dave346

If pro football is around five years from now, we won’t recognize it.

No kick-offs? Seriously? One of the most exciting parts of football is the kick-off and return.

Those who champion the changes that are coming, are the same folks who have tried to destroy the nation. It is the Leftists.

What is so bad about football that it must be destroyed?

Folks, it’s a man’s sport. It is a very physical game where women can’t come in and claim they’re just as good. It puts the lie to that, and that can’t be allowed.

It’s time for men to tell these people to F off.


5 posted on 01/26/2014 12:52:07 PM PST by DoughtyOne (ZERO is still zero, and John Kerry is a mock-puppet!)
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To: Dave346

Goddell wanted to cancel it, the players didn’t want it cancelled, so Goddell does this draft BS to punish the players for not doing what he wanted.


6 posted on 01/26/2014 12:52:24 PM PST by chae (I was anti-Obama before it was cool)
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To: nascarnation

no kick-offs and no more AFC vs NFC

he might as well have cancelled it


7 posted on 01/26/2014 12:52:36 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: dfwgator

when is the pro-bowl anyway?


8 posted on 01/26/2014 12:53:08 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: GeronL

What’s a Pro Bowl?


9 posted on 01/26/2014 12:53:52 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Dave346

Time to cancel Roger Goodell at $29 Million a year.


10 posted on 01/26/2014 12:54:40 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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...instead of the AFC against the NFC, Sunday night's game will feature two teams that were selected in a scintillating Pro Bowl Draft that was held on Jan. 22.

Good. The Commish must've read my thread a few weeks ago when I called for the ending of the conferences.

There's no difference between the AFC and NFC so there's no need for conferences.

There's also no need for divisions. The teams should be ranked 1 thru 32 with the top 4 teams getting a first round bye in the playoffs while the next 8 teams play each other in the first round.

That way you won't have teams with inferior records making the playoffs while teams with better records stay home or travel to the home of a team with an inferior record.

Hopefully Goodell will see the brilliance in this idea and start working towards it.

11 posted on 01/26/2014 12:55:16 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: GeronL

I suppose it’s of some economic value to Hawaii?
Maybe another crony capitalist deal with Baraq.


12 posted on 01/26/2014 12:55:51 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: dfwgator

They used to have the game after the superbowl of course...but most people forget about football as soon as the superbowl is over. So they moved it, in attempt to make the game less ‘forgot about’. I don’t know if its worked - but I see why they did it. And frankly, even with the game after the superbowl, a lot of top tier players chose not to attend.


13 posted on 01/26/2014 12:56:56 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: Texas Eagle

Split the league into two groups of 16........

The first level is the Premier League, they play the other 15 teams. Top Four make the playoffs.

The three worst teams get relegated to the Second Division. And the best three teams in the Second Division get promoted.


14 posted on 01/26/2014 12:58:35 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Dave346

They should cancel it. Permanently. The latest version, as describe in the article, is the worse thing imaginable. Plus, who the heck wants to put their best players at risk?


15 posted on 01/26/2014 12:59:03 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: lacrew

I think the Pro-Bowl needs to go away, it is the least viable of the all-star games.


16 posted on 01/26/2014 12:59:35 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Dave346

I could do without the Pro bowl, in fact I haven’t watched it in years and I don’t plan on watching this one either.

It’s boring.


17 posted on 01/26/2014 1:00:14 PM PST by Bullish (America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
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If pro football is around five years from now, we won’t recognize it.

Almost don't recognize it NOW! Sheesh, what happened to actually TACKLING someone? Tackling seems to be a rarity now -- it seems like every play is one player trying to knock or bump the other either out of bounds or down. Aside from Offensive running plays, and kickoffs/punt returns, there's very little tackling anymore.

And don't get me started on how QB's are treated like premadonna's!

18 posted on 01/26/2014 1:01:55 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: dfwgator

Please don’t pollute football with British soccer ideas.


19 posted on 01/26/2014 1:03:47 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: usconservative
what happened to actually TACKLING someone?

ESPN SportsCenter..."DaDaDa, DaDaDa"

20 posted on 01/26/2014 1:03:54 PM PST by dfwgator
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