*facepalm*
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NFL: Commissioner Goodell a fan of Pro Bowl switch
Posted January 29, 2010 at midnight
LAUDERHILL, Fla. -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell likes just about everything so far regarding the one-year test of having the Pro Bowl played one week before the Super Bowl.
Sometime soon, the league will decide if it wants to keep things that way.
"What we're seeing is a lot more attention on the Pro Bowl than we've ever had before," Goodell said. "And that in and of itself is a success."
Goodell arrived Thursday in South Florida -- the Pro Bowl will be played there Sunday, followed one week later by the Super Bowl -- and immediately went to work alongside some members of the NFL Players Association.
The Pro Bowl has traditionally been held the week following the Super Bowl. Sunday's game marks the first time in three decades the Pro Bowl is being played somewhere other than Honolulu, where it will return for 2011 and 2012.
"We knew that not having the Super Bowl players was something that was going to be a negative to doing this," Goodell said. "But everyone felt that there was a real chance to put this Pro Bowl on a higher platform and be a positive thing. We did that and I think it has worked for us. Super Bowl players will be on the biggest stage of all a week later."
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Wait until he sees the dropoff in viewer numbers. I still think going against the Grammys was a bad idea. A quick bit of web research seems to find 14 Pro Bowl picks skipping for the Super Bowl, and another 15 for other reasons.