I was thinking about how college football players give 110% effort when it comes to the Senior Bowl, but NFL players give 1% effort for the Pro Bowl. So what if the Pro Bowl was changed to NFL all-stars verses college all-stars? The college all-stars would be giving a maximum effort because they would be trying to get recruited by NFL scouts. That would force all of the NFL all-stars to put up a real effort to compete in the Pro Bowl, and the game might actually be worth watching for once.

Also, maybe they could replace the NBA's rookie-sophomore game with college all-stars verses G league all-stars?

(07-17-2018 11:33 PM)andy98 Wrote:  I was thinking about how college football players give 110% effort when it comes to the Senior Bowl, but NFL players give 1% effort for the Pro Bowl. So what if the Pro Bowl was changed to NFL all-stars verses college all-stars? The college all-stars would be giving a maximum effort because they would be trying to get recruited by NFL scouts. That would force all of the NFL all-stars to put up a real effort to compete in the Pro Bowl, and the game might actually be worth watching for once.

Also, maybe they could replace the NBA's rookie-sophomore game with college all-stars verses G league all-stars?

This was already done, they discontinued it as teams did not want their draft picks injured. The college all stars played the NFL champions, they won a few but lost probably about 70%.


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(07-17-2018 11:33 PM)andy98 Wrote:  I was thinking about how college football players give 110% effort when it comes to the Senior Bowl, but NFL players give 1% effort for the Pro Bowl. So what if the Pro Bowl was changed to NFL all-stars verses college all-stars?

When I was a kid back in the 1970s, I remember the NFL used to play a game like this, it pitted the Super Bowl champs vs college all-stars. Game was usually competitive because the kids played with something to prove while the NFL team went through the motions.

IIRC, it was a pretty big deal, basically the kick-off to the NFL pre-season like the HOF game is today, and we all watched it. They stopped it around 1976 or so (last NFL team I recall seeing play it was the Steelers) because of injury fears.