Joe Soriano
O.J. LewisThe Biggest Joke in Sports; The Pro Bowl
When you think of the word "Pro-Bowler" I hope you think of one of the elite players in the game. David Gerrard and Vince Young are the two QBs in the AFC. That is ridiculous, and it is not even the most ludicrous aspect. Nobody cares about this came. The fans that vote the players in never care. The players themselves don't care. No player tries at all. They don't because they don't want to be injured.
On the Vince Young part, the dude only played half the season and his numbers were not great at all. However, the biggest joke lies in Gerrard. His QB rating was barely over eighty. Is that a pro bowler? Nuh-uh.
The meet-n-greet thing also gets me. Why is it that a hobbled Dwight Freeney has to be there? Why does he have to take away a valuable rehab day in preparation for the Super Bowl for this meaningless tradition? The Pro Bowl was bad enough, but it got worse now that it is in front of the Super Bowl. This change is slightly implying that the Pro Bowl is more important. The fact that Super Bowl players must attend instead of preparing is prepostrous.
It gets worse and worse ever year. More stars rightfully drop out of the meaningless game. I don't mind it if we just named a fan-voted team, and never played the game.
Another joke is the players that fans vote in. Last year guys like Jason Taylor were labled Pro Bowlers over stars like London Fletcher. This would be less horrible if we labled it as a fan-voted thing and not the Pro-Bowl. When I examine a player's achievements, I never look at the number of times they made the Pro Bowl roster. I only do that in deciding as to just how much fans adored that player.
The All-Pro team is the most important team there is as far as awards go. The sportswriters are less biased, and they do a much better job. Trust me, if players like Phillip Rivers don't want to play, then the game is never worth playing. Morever, too many people agree with me. I have rarely seen anybody say that the Pro Bowl was a game that should be played.
I would think that a fun skills competition between players would make more sense. It would be really fun. The "Who Kicks the Longest Field Goal" contest would be nice. Then we could see how good Shane Suisham really is.
On the Vince Young part, the dude only played half the season and his numbers were not great at all. However, the biggest joke lies in Gerrard. His QB rating was barely over eighty. Is that a pro bowler? Nuh-uh.
The meet-n-greet thing also gets me. Why is it that a hobbled Dwight Freeney has to be there? Why does he have to take away a valuable rehab day in preparation for the Super Bowl for this meaningless tradition? The Pro Bowl was bad enough, but it got worse now that it is in front of the Super Bowl. This change is slightly implying that the Pro Bowl is more important. The fact that Super Bowl players must attend instead of preparing is prepostrous.
It gets worse and worse ever year. More stars rightfully drop out of the meaningless game. I don't mind it if we just named a fan-voted team, and never played the game.
Another joke is the players that fans vote in. Last year guys like Jason Taylor were labled Pro Bowlers over stars like London Fletcher. This would be less horrible if we labled it as a fan-voted thing and not the Pro-Bowl. When I examine a player's achievements, I never look at the number of times they made the Pro Bowl roster. I only do that in deciding as to just how much fans adored that player.
The All-Pro team is the most important team there is as far as awards go. The sportswriters are less biased, and they do a much better job. Trust me, if players like Phillip Rivers don't want to play, then the game is never worth playing. Morever, too many people agree with me. I have rarely seen anybody say that the Pro Bowl was a game that should be played.
I would think that a fun skills competition between players would make more sense. It would be really fun. The "Who Kicks the Longest Field Goal" contest would be nice. Then we could see how good Shane Suisham really is.
