January 26, 2014; Honolulu, HI, USA; General view of the 2014 Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium. Team Rice defeated Team Sanders 22-21. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
The NFL has continued their efforts to make the Pro Bowl more relevant and attract more fans to the game and the latest changes appeared to be promising when the league did away with conference lines and held a fantasy draft to determine the rosters.
However, those may not be the latest changes to the NFL’s all-star game.
According to Pete Dougherty of the Green Bay Press-Gazette, the NFL is considering moving the 2015 Pro Bowl to next year’s Super Bowl site in Arizona to raise the profile of the game.
Just got off phone with NFL source who said league is strongly considering moving Pro Bowl to SB site in Arizona this season. …
— Pete Dougherty (@PeteDougherty) February 25, 2014
wants to raise revenue and profile of game.
— Pete Dougherty (@PeteDougherty) February 25, 2014
Many players prefer the free trip to Hawaii and relaxation that comes along with making the Pro Bowl, so it will be interesting to see how the league’s all-stars would react if the change takes place.
The NFL has flirted with moving the Pro Bowl to the Super Bowl host site in years past, so perhaps 2015 could finally be the year that the plan comes to fruition.
