The AP article says where it was played during which years. My theory about the Pro Bowl game was that the NFL wrote into media contracts that a network had to carry the game and give it a certain level of promotion. Everyone knew the game is a dud but they had to pretend to get excited about it.
On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 1:09 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Re Bob’s original post, my memory is that it always used to be in Los > Angeles before moving to Hawaii. I haven’t watched the game since then, > when I was a kid and there were few sports options on TV between the end of > NFL and start of MLB (very few NBA games on TV then). > > The idea of flag football plus skills competitions has been around for a > long time, and the game has stunk for a long time, so I wonder what really > got them to make the change now? I assume declining TV ratings in general > have got even the monsters that run the NFL to try to be a little more > proactive. > > On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 at 9:22 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'll drop my post from GG web... B >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/f23b994d-30a2-44df-aee5-5cc0d63dd160n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/f23b994d-30a2-44df-aee5-5cc0d63dd160n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJK5ooXFpbtpcgXJc-SNY-JHP4JEA3OJ0xBDwVOJxfY9g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJK5ooXFpbtpcgXJc-SNY-JHP4JEA3OJ0xBDwVOJxfY9g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGE9pY%2BLK1obbsMA4YT3mXaAvBjHYCgXkYAyp7Ns%3DBxwA%40mail.gmail.com.
