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Goodell: Pro Bowl may not continue in current format
Source: NFL.com
Goodell: Pro Bowl may not continue in current format
By Gregg Rosenthal
Around The NFL Editor
Published: Feb. 5, 2016 at 04:07 p.m. Updated: Feb. 5, 2016 at 05:37 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The future of the Pro Bowl is in question once again because Commissioner Roger Goodell isn't happy with the product.
"I'm not gonna speculate on where the Pro Bowl is going but I was disappointed in what I saw on Sunday," Goodell said. "I had raised this issue three or four years ago. We worked with a number of players to make changes in the game. They had a positive impact, at least in the short term. But I didn't see that this past week."
Team Irvin destroyed Team Rice 49-27 in a game that resembled flag football more than a contact sport. And while that's perhaps what an all-star game should look like, Goodell has grown tired of the trend.
"I think our biggest standard has to be what we expect from the NFL and what our fans expect from the NFL. If it's not quality, it's not a real competition that we can be proud of, we have to do something different. That's my number one priority right now. I'm open to new ideas, I'm open to how we do it, but it's not the kind of game that I think we want to continue to have in its current format, based on what we saw last week," Goodell said.
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By Gregg Rosenthal
Around The NFL Editor
Published: Feb. 5, 2016 at 04:07 p.m. Updated: Feb. 5, 2016 at 05:37 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The future of the Pro Bowl is in question once again because Commissioner Roger Goodell isn't happy with the product.
"I'm not gonna speculate on where the Pro Bowl is going but I was disappointed in what I saw on Sunday," Goodell said. "I had raised this issue three or four years ago. We worked with a number of players to make changes in the game. They had a positive impact, at least in the short term. But I didn't see that this past week."
Team Irvin destroyed Team Rice 49-27 in a game that resembled flag football more than a contact sport. And while that's perhaps what an all-star game should look like, Goodell has grown tired of the trend.
"I think our biggest standard has to be what we expect from the NFL and what our fans expect from the NFL. If it's not quality, it's not a real competition that we can be proud of, we have to do something different. That's my number one priority right now. I'm open to new ideas, I'm open to how we do it, but it's not the kind of game that I think we want to continue to have in its current format, based on what we saw last week," Goodell said.
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Read more: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000632968/article/goodell-pro-bowl-may-not-continue-in-current-format
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move the Cowpies there and call them the Honolulu Paniolos. (Yes, there is a Hawaiian word for cowboy.) 
