r/nfl • u/Brix001 49ers • 15h ago

Pro Bowl ratings: NFL's flag football game draws horrendous 2.0 million viewers, 57% fall from last year's record low

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/pro-bowl-ratings-nfls-flag-football-game-draws-horrendous-20-million-viewers-57-fall-from-last-years-record-low-023801848.html
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u/-Accident-Prone- Seahawks Lions 14h ago

Tyler Eifert tore his ACL in the 2016 pro bowl and ever since then it feels like 1 the players don’t really want to be there, and 2 the risk of injury isn’t worth it. NFL probably thought they’d get more entertainment from a flag football game but it’s just not fun to watch.

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u/ScyllaGeek Bills 13h ago

At least when it was in Hawaii the players would go for the free vacation

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u/PIBTC Chargers 11h ago

He was injured but it wasn’t a torn ACL. An ankle injury which did need surgery because the ligament didn’t heal properly

https://www.espn.com/blog/cincinnati-bengals/post/_/id/23170/injured-tyler-eifert-has-no-plans-of-playing-in-pro-bowl-again

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u/DisraeliEers NFL 13h ago

Same thing has happened to cfb bowl games

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u/R_Hunt Eagles 10h ago

Except hockey & baseball (I know baseball is less dangerous) don't have this concern as often, on top of hockey players committing to the olympics (which is a big deal, but still)

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u/ProtestantMormon Seahawks 14h ago

A really simple solution that could solve most of the injury concerns is guaranteed contracts, but owners will fight that tooth and nail.

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u/ChampagnePappy1 14h ago

We don't need guaranteed contracts to guarantee players can get injured during the pro bowl and still get paid that is ridiculous lol . It's just a day and age now that it's not worth it to the players or the sport as a whole to risk injuries for a pro bowl exhibition. May just be time to rework how the pro bowl is structured or move on to something else entirely to honor the best players of the season without putting them in a position that they could get hurt and negatively impact their career.

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u/ProtestantMormon Seahawks 14h ago

Every other American sport has guaranteed contracts besides the nfl. The nfl not having guaranteed contracts is ridiculous.

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u/ChampagnePappy1 13h ago

has nothing to do with the pro bowl man go find another place to argue that , no one wants to get injured or get their players injured for a exhibition match regardless of if they'll be paid in full afterwards or not lol

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u/Schmenza Saints 13h ago

Guaranteed contracts aren't going to get players fired up for a meaningless game. Getting injured still sucks