NFL ends Pro Bowl Games but keeps all-star recognition
The league will stop staging the Pro Bowl Games and continue only the annual player selection, with 88 honorees still set to be named.
The NFL is ending the Pro Bowl Games and will keep the annual Pro Bowl designation as a recognition for selected players, according to league reports on Wednesday. The change affects the league's long-running all-star event, which has been part of the NFL calendar for decades.
Under the revised format, 88 players will still be chosen through the usual voting process and invited to a February celebration in Los Angeles, CBS Sports reported. The league will no longer name alternates for the honor.
ESPN reported that the league is shifting its emphasis away from the game itself and toward the status of being selected as a Pro Bowler. The move follows years of changes to the event's format.
The Pro Bowl has been a fixture of the NFL's postseason schedule for 75 years, making the latest decision another step in the league's effort to reshape how it recognizes its top players.
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