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2010 Pro Bowl moving to Miami, will be played before Super Bowl

Discussion in 'Carolina Panthers' started by yhatemetoo, Feb 27, 2009.

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  1. Feb 27, 2009 at 11:42 AM #1
    yhatemetoo

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    The 2010 Pro Bowl will be played one week before the Super Bowl on Sunday, Jan. 31 and both games will be staged in Dolphin Stadium, the NFL announced Tuesday.
    "We are looking at alternatives to strengthen the Pro Bowl," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. "We will continue to work with the players to make it a great event and will evaluate this concept after the 2010 Pro Bowl."
    [​IMG]Marc Serota / Getty ImagesDolphins Stadium will play host to the 2010 Pro Bowl, one week before it plays host to Super Bowl XLIV.

    » 2009 Pro Bowl rosters
    The site and date of Pro Bowl games after 2010 will be determined at a later date and will include playing the game on a rotating basis in Honolulu, the NFL announced.
    The current AFC-NFC Pro Bowl format, which began in 1971, rotated annually between host sites until 1980 when it moved to Honolulu. The 2010 game also won't be South Florida's first Pro Bowl: the 1975 game took place in Miami's Orange Bowl. The game has been held in Tampa, Seattle, Dallas, Kansas City, New Orleans and Los Angeles on three occassions.
    It's not a new notion to have the game moved up to take place between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl. The NFL has discussed it multiple times in recent years, and Goodell told the Associated Press last month that having the game precede the Super Bowl would avoid a "somewhat anticlimactic" ending to the season.
    The initiative to experiment with the Pro Bowl schedule and location was discussed over the past two years with NFL club owners, the NFL Players Association, the NFL Player Advisory Council, and other players, and it received wide player and club support.
    "Moving the Pro Bowl to the Sunday prior to the Super Bowl can add even more excitement to Super Bowl week, one of the most anticipated weeks of the year," said Frank Supovitz, the NFL’s senior vice president of events. "Taking the Pro Bowl to new locations can showcase our top players to more fans around the country. We are also in discussions with key leaders in Hawaii to continue our partnership with the State of Hawaii, which has embraced the Pro Bowl for 30 years."
    In addition to the Pro Bowl's annual ticket subscribers, tickets to the 2010 Pro Bowl at Dolphin Stadium will be made available to Dolphins season ticket holders, as well as to fans across the nation. Pro Bowl annual ticket subscribers in Hawaii will maintain their account status for any future games at Aloha Stadium.

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80dbeb16&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true
     
  2. Feb 27, 2009 at 1:52 PM #2
    y2b

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    what a bunch of fucking shit


    plus wouldn't it would be more expensive to stay in miami then it would hawaii if it's super bowl week?

    it also sucks for the players that make the super bowl, they shouldn't play in the pro bowl...

    super bowl teams would be more likely to field more pro bowlers, so a lot of alternates will have to get called up

    it just sucks in so many ways
     
  3. Feb 27, 2009 at 1:58 PM #3
    rotocub

    rotocub like cool....only dorkier

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    So they're filling the weekend that has nothing in it........with nothing.
     
  4. Feb 27, 2009 at 2:15 PM #4
    y2b

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    what are they going to fill week after with?
     
  5. Feb 27, 2009 at 2:31 PM #5
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    Hawaii is more expensive than Miami.

    You may be the only person on earth who gives a shit. It's the Pro Bowl, nobody watches it no matter where it is.
     
  6. Feb 27, 2009 at 2:41 PM #6
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    BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY :woohoo:
     
  7. Feb 27, 2009 at 5:17 PM #7
    McFly41

    McFly41 Work Hard...PLAY HARDER!

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    I haven't watched the PB in about 5 years and I don't think this will change that. :yawn:
     
  8. Feb 27, 2009 at 5:20 PM #8
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    They should make players who are on superbowl teams exempt from playing in the pro bowl.
     
  9. Feb 27, 2009 at 5:21 PM #9
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    thought they already did
     
  10. Feb 27, 2009 at 5:29 PM #10
    PantherPaul

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    That's what I was told in the last "Their moving the Pro Bowl" thread
     
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