# NFL Pro Bowl Games? More like Pro Bowl Joke! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 6, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388 "2023-02-06T15:33:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388/41 "2023-02-12T17:19:10Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > in an effort to make it feel less anti-climatic (the reasoning being that, after the Super Bowl, fans might be “done” with football for the year). Of course, since the odds are pretty good that a fairly high percentage of the members of the two Super Bowl teams will be voted to the Pro Bowl it means we don’t get to see ‘the best against the best’ which ISTM was always supposed to be one of the reason to watch this type of contest. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388/42 "2023-02-12T17:21:40Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Of course, since the odds are pretty good that a fairly high percentage of the members of the two Super Bowl teams will be voted to the Pro Bowl it means we don’t get to see ‘the best against the best’ Also true; the change in date means that any players from the two Super Bowl teams who were selected to the Pro Bowl don’t play in it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388/43 "2023-02-12T17:27:05Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Also true; the change in date means that any players from the two Super Bowl teams who were selected to the Pro Bowl don’t play in it anymore. I believe they put the Pro Bowl ahead of the Super Bowl because people were less interested in it as a “following act”. Since that doesn’t seem to be working I think it would be better if it was held afterward again so that they might be able to have everyone in it again. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388/44 "2023-02-12T17:30:29Z")
And move it back to Hawaii - I think that that as a vacation spot helped convince a lot of players to attend with their families. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388/45 "2023-02-12T17:31:40Z")
In terms of team composition, how is or was the Pro Bowl different from an All-Star game? Come to think of it, does football even _have_ an All-Star game? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388/46 "2023-02-12T17:34:53Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Come to think of it, does football even _have_ an All-Star game? The Pro Bowl _is_ the NFL’s equivalent of an All-Star game. Traditionally, it pitted the best players in the AFC against the best players in the NFC, much like MLB’s All-Star Game pits star NL players against star AL players. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388/47 "2023-02-12T17:41:29Z")
And do fans get to vote for their picks by mailing in an entry form that comes free when you buy a pack of Gillette razor blades? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388/48 "2023-02-12T17:43:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And do fans get to vote for their picks by mailing in an entry form that comes free when you buy a pack of Gillette razor blades Not any more. 😉 Though, fans still do get to vote online. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388/49 "2023-02-12T17:55:20Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Though, fans still do get to vote online. Yup! I vote most years. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388/50 "2023-02-13T21:19:37Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > have 162-game seasons, like a _real_ sport. Baseball should play in the rain, like a _real_ sport. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388/51 "2023-02-13T22:37:42Z")
> [@Leo\_Krupe](#): > > Baseball should play in the rain, And in a driving snow storm. With the field solid ice. Hockey could do it, but I think basketball would be right out, too. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388/52 "2023-02-14T00:14:46Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Hockey could do it, but I think basketball would be right out, too. No! Then you can do basketball on skates, which I call baskateball! You can dribble on ice, why not? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-pro-bowl-games-more-like-pro-bowl-joke/979388.md?page=2)