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"I really didn't think that was the kind of football that we want to be demonstrating for our fans," Goodell said. "And you heard it from the fans. The fans were actively booing in the stands. They didn't like what they were seeing."
Goodell said something has to change.
"We're either going to have to improve the quality of what we're doing in the Pro Bowl or consider other changes or even considering eliminating the game if that's the kind of quality game we're going to provide," Goodell said.
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I think they should eliminate additional Pro Bowl bonuses and give them only to the winning conference. Contracts already have Pro bowl incentives and that 25 grand is peanuts anyways.
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I think they should eliminate additional Pro Bowl bonuses and give them only to the winning conference. Contracts already have Pro bowl incentives and that 25 grand is peanuts anyways.
I'm sure it wouldn't hurt, but it wouldn't help anything, either. Like you said, $25K is peanuts for these guys, nobody's going to play harder to earn it.
I smell strings attached. Minus 1 Pro Bowl and Plus 2 games might be what Goodell and the owners are really after.
Or maybe +1 game. He recently said that if LA adds a team, the league would look to add two teams to go to 34. 34 teams, 17 games looks good on paper, like the current 32 teams, 16 games.
I'm sure it wouldn't hurt, but it wouldn't help anything, either. Like you said, $25K is peanuts for these guys, nobody's going to play harder to earn it.
Yea they would have to up the ante. They actually should anyway, I mean I've seen guys pay more than 25K for fines. Just eliminating the bonus for both allows you to go up to 50K per player without any additional cost.
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I'd rather see a skills challenge. Growing up, I loved those competitions. Like QB accuracy, who throws it the furthest, etc. They could have those for each of the skill positions.
It just doesn't make sense. You can't play football without risking injury and these guys have way to much on the line to needlessly risk hurting themselves.
Or maybe +1 game. He recently said that if LA adds a team, the league would look to add two teams to go to 34. 34 teams, 17 games looks good on paper, like the current 32 teams, 16 games.
Except that when you stop and think about it, it means going back to the bad old days of hideously unbalanced schedules.
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