Polian blasts the Pro Bowl

[Saluki]

I doubt they have to show up, they cant' penalize you for not showing up to the pro-bowl, ppl opt out every year

[celtsxpatsxsox]

I doubt they have to show up, they cant' penalize you for not showing up to the pro-bowl, ppl opt out every year

they probably just won't get their Pro-Bowl bonus.

[Saluki]

they probably just won't get their Pro-Bowl bonus.

they'd still get your superbowl bonus

[Fox1994]

and the THANKZ BOMBING ocntinues

Yeah Polian is an asshole, if you ask him a question you're going to get the asshole answer. I've heard him get into verbal confrontations with fans, hating on the probowl is nothing.

He's right about this though, Goodell somehow made the probowl worse with all his shenanigans.

32 players have already withdrawn, more than the last two years combined i think.

Ya, but a lot of those were for injuries (namely hurt feelings).

This is immensely retarded. But, Goodell rules with an iron fist... and I can respect that, I suppose

[dave]

If I were Peyton Manning or Drew Brees, I'd tell the NFL to go fuck itself.
I suspect a few Pro Bowlers are miffed they won't get a free trip to Hawaii.
Especially that guy who was doing Kate Bosworth in the movie Blue Crush.

[Tailback U]

Yeah Polian is an asshole, if you ask him a question you're going to get the asshole answer. I've heard him get into verbal confrontations with fans, hating on the probowl is nothing.

Details?

[Bear Pand]

Details?

He has a radio show that he does every week and he takes calls from fans. I only listened to it once on the Monday after the first Jets game. The whole show was pretty much him fighting and arguing with fans. He eventually got so mad he stopped taking calls and ended his show early.

He's an asshole, arrogant and stubborn but he's one of the best GMs in the league so he gets a pass for it like he should.

[steeljake]

Fuck that, they should be able to pull out.

we all wish your father had...

[Senser81]

I'm sure Polian got upset with Killa Pand's massive retardation when he called in to the radio show.

[Dez]

They have to show up if they want to get $$$$$$$$. Pro Bowl players get paid a lot of money to show up and participate in some fashion.

[ralaw]

I thought the point of the Probowl was to watch the games biggest stars play in an "All-Star" game? Has Goodell lost sight of this? It sounds like this was an experiment for Goodell, so hopefully he sees how much of a failure it has become and comes up with a better idea.

[NAHSTE]

I thought the point of the Probowl was to watch the games biggest stars play in an "All-Star" game? Has Goodell lost sight of this? It sounds like this was an experiment for Goodell, so hopefully he sees how much of a failure it has become and comes up with a better idea.

Yeah, this is like scheduling the prom for the same night as cheerleading finals or something, so all the "talent" can't go. (I realize that analogy only works if you go to high school on TV where all the hot/popular girls are cheerleaders)



Turrible turrible idea. But it's Goodell we're talking about, who has not exactly been the best commish thusfar.