NFC Wins Pro Bowl, Few Care

The playoffs are over, Super Bowl XLII has been played, the confetti from the New York Giants' victory parade has been cleaned up, and fan focus has shifted toward free agency and the NFL Draft. Then, of course, comes the Pro Bowl; a meaningless, anti-climatic all-star football game that lacks the intensity and strategy of a preseason contest.

Who cares?

As all-star games go, the NFL's version is relatively of little interest, the outcome is meaningless, and the risk of injury is greater than in other sports. So why even play it? It's time to kill a game that only the most diehard of football junkies are interested in. Put it out of its misery once and for all.

Sure there were some fun moments during Sunday's Pro Bowl contest, which the NFC won 42-30, especially if you were pulling for Adrian Peterson or Terrell Owens. Both guys had great games and Peterson took home MVP honors. But if the game thrills you as little as it does me, chances are you dozed off during much of the action. I mean, really, do you actually care whether the AFC or NFC wins?

It's time for the NFL to consider doing away with this farce of a contest and substitute some sort of skills competition between today's top players instead. Heck, even a simple awards ceremony would be as compelling as the product being produced under the current format.