# Why is the Pro-Bowl being played before the Super Bowl this year?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 31, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-pro-bowl-being-played-before-the-super-bowl-this-year/527135 "2010-01-31T18:23:23Z")\
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**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 1, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-pro-bowl-being-played-before-the-super-bowl-this-year/527135/21 "2010-02-01T22:44:54Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> There was a time that the college all stars played against the NFL champs from the previous year. The ALL Stars wanted to win and the NFL champs did not want to lose to a college team. We could go back to that.

The College All-Star Game, which was last played in 1976.

> **[Chicago Charities College All-Star Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_All-Star_Game)**
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> The Chicago Charities College All-Star Game was a preseason American football game played from 1934 to 1976 between the National Football League (NFL) champions and a team of star college seniors from the previous year. It was also known as the College All-Star Football Classic.
> The game was contested annually—except for 1974, due to that year's NFL strike—and was played in July, August, or September. In the 42 College All-Star Games, the defending pro champions won 31, the All-Stars won nine,...

I just don’t see teams in today’s NFL agreeing to let their highly-paid rookies leave training camp for a week or more to practice with the All-Star team, and then risk injury in that game.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-pro-bowl-being-played-before-the-super-bowl-this-year/527135/22 "2010-02-08T06:53:52Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> There was a time that the college all stars played against the NFL champs from the previous year. The ALL Stars wanted to win and the NFL champs did not want to lose to a college team. We could go back to that.

I’d watch that. It sounds like fun.

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