The Improp tackles the Pro Bowl debacle

Did you hear the latest news? These guys are replacing the starting offensive linemen for the AFC roster. Okay maybe not, but name me a guy who wouldn't want to see these Pop Warner pukes get pounded by Pat and Kevin Williams? Now that's must-see TV. But this Pro Bowl? Not so much.

Every year some of the biggest names in the game withdraw from the event, but this year has to be an all-time high. And I blame it on Roger Goodell. I'll be the first guy to tell you how good of a job Goodell has done as a commissioner. But he has got this Pro Bowl thing all wrong. Moving it to before the Super Bowl is a horrible idea, obviously, because it doesn't give the players enough time to rest from the rigors of the NFL regular and postseason. Remove the plush backdrop of Hawaii and it's no wonder no one wants to go.

Listen, as a fan, I hate the Pro Bowl. It's a meaningless game. The players know it. The fans know it. I understand the point of the game is to put together an All-NFL team to see what the best players can do together. However when the two of your three starters at QB are David Garrard and Vince Young, I'd argue the game is hardly fielding the best players. In total, 27 players who were voted in were replaced either due to injury or the Super Bowl.

Personally, I think they should just scrap the game all together. Players don't want to risk the injury, and they have to be physically and emotionally drained from the season. And while many may think that the fans deserve to see the best players compete together, I'd argue they already do. Undoubtedly football is the most team-oriented game, compiling all-star players from across the league together for a week is not necessarily making the best team. The team that plays the best together is the best team. I feel like the purpose behind the Pro Bowl is a little redundant. I mean, don't we already have the Super Bowl to see who is the best team?

But we at the Improper Sportsonian are solution-oriented. We don't just call out with what's wrong and expect other people do to all the dirty work. That's why we have come up with the idea to get rid of the game. Release the players who make the Pro Bowl roster, and still allow for the player's to receive the recognition and incentives of being the best amongst the peers, but just don't play the game. It's a waste of time and money for everyone. We all know what these players can do, why give them the chance to ruin our perfect image of Peyton Manning hitting Larry Fitzgerald in stride down the sideline? It'll be similar how MLB releases their Silver Slugger or Gold Glove awards.

Football may be the best sporting spectacle, however they have the worse All-Star game. If for nothing other than the fact that most of the league is filled with players who are more than capable to be an all-star. Get rid of the game, Goodell. It'll give you more time to focus on how to get the Patriots back to the Super Bowl.