Comments on: Pro Bowl draws bigger audience than MLB All-Star game

By: dobberdubinsky

dobberdubinsky — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:52:50 +0000

Knew it!!! All you hypocrits who constantly post saying that know one cares about the pro-bowl and how you won’t be watching it, watched it. Shut your mouthes and practice what you preach!

By: vikinghater

vikinghater — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:05:57 +0000

I wouldn’t walk accross the street to see either of them. Their just popularity contests w/millionaires dancing around acting like Mr Big!!

By: irishnativeson

irishnativeson — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:59:36 +0000

Do the “casual fans” of either sport know the MLB game does actually have meaning since it decides home field advantage in the series?

By: mnfan1

mnfan1 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:24:27 +0000

I enjoyed the fact the fans booed

By: technovike

technovike — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:57:04 +0000

So this article is in reality proving how the NFL Pro bowl is losing its draw, if your comparing it to the MLB all star game.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/01/31/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-american-idol-big-bang-theory-top-week-19/118071/
#8

yeah the Pro Bowl owns.

Do a week of NFL Star game shows, i bet more people would tune into that

By: pack13queens0

pack13queens0 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:43:09 +0000

Of course the Pro Bowl gets higher ratings, football & Nascar are the only 2 sports anybody cares about.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:13:16 +0000

Our cats were running around and accidentally stepped on the remote when I got up to get a drink druing a commercial break of a show. When I came back, a god-awful game that vaguely resembled football was on. I yelled in horror, and quickly changed the channel, any channel, which happened to be PBS. That was more interesting than the pro bowl, but I was counted by Nielson as a “viewer”.

By: trbowman

trbowman — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:07:26 +0000

Well, yeah, baseball is pretty painful.

By: vegaskid21

vegaskid21 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:53:13 +0000

And if Tebow played, my wife would have watched it.

By: samoanjungle

samoanjungle — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:51:42 +0000

After the first couple of series I almost turned that garbage off. They picked things up in the second half but the game was still a joke.
If they want this thing to be exciting they need to up the incentives. $25k is nothing to most of these guys. They are more worried about getting hurt than getting $25k.
Find an auto sponsor like Cadillac. The winner gets a top-of-the-line Escalade.

By: conjecture101

conjecture101 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:51:33 +0000

MLB is still way better than the NFL. It’s just that baseball doesn’t cater their league to business investors and casual audiences, they cater to their actual fans.

This is why Roger Goodell and his handlers compromise the integrity of the game more and more each year, yet continue to increase their revenue.

By: megatronownsyou

megatronownsyou — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:48:48 +0000

So after I called you on it you went back and amended your article to indicate that you knew MDS has already written something nearly identical, then went on to give your analysis which basically boiled down to “they play the game because people watch it”.
This is a shining example of shoddy journalism. As they would say on that four letter network “COME ON MAN!”

By: kenny328usa

kenny328usa — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:45:50 +0000

So what both games are completely unwatchable

By: august589

august589 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:44:19 +0000

Geez, guys…if you’re going to have football withdrawal on February 6, subscribe to NFL Game Rewind and re-live the season all over again. Or get a life…

By: stl45fan

stl45fan — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:34:36 +0000

For how long? All of 5 minutes?

By: bick54

bick54 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:31:04 +0000

Why not just do a 7 on 7 passing drill game?

Lineman could compete in tug o war or something like that.

You might actually get some effort out of them.

By: papacrick

papacrick — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:30:15 +0000

The MLB AS game at least has meaning and players are giving a full effort. It’s the timing that really kills the audience which is a damn shame because it’s actually an exciting game and deserves way more credit than the joke that is the Pro Bowl.

By: sportsdrenched.com

sportsdrenched.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:20:49 +0000

There’s a reason re-runs are occurring in the summer. Exactly. Baseball is my favorite sport, and I don't even watch the MLB All-Star Game. I was an adult before I ever saw it on TV. Why? Because it's summer. The sun up until 9pm and you can be playing baseball, or football, or swimming, or anything else outside.

By: crise40g

crise40g — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:56:46 +0000

Football>Baseball/Basketball

Any football is better than no football. Already dreading the off-season.

By: chatham10

chatham10 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:52:30 +0000

The NFL Pro Bowl Game is a joke and I could not watch it or any other All Star Game, but I did watch the skills of the NHL players the day before the All Star Game and that was great. The NHL skills contest cannot be matched in any other sport, these guys are something else and they put it out there on display.

By: flowadelph

flowadelph — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:35:17 +0000

@jpb12
Roger Goodell was watching to see if he could think of a reason to fine someone.

By: kingjoe1

kingjoe1 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:35:04 +0000

Sorry, I simply don’t beleive these ratings are accurate.

By: AlanSaysYo

AlanSaysYo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:27:14 +0000

I’m loving the mock outrage at the lack of competition. Really, some of you want to complain that there’s no competition in the Pro Bowl? Is this the first time you’ve seen one? Were you under the impression the players hit hard in last year’s Pro Bowl?

Stop making noise.

By: farmmbig

farmmbig — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:23:17 +0000

Only proves that people will watch ANY crap— like Jersey Shore. Most of the time, TV ratings tell me how bad life is for alot of people… And in the Winter, most people just turn into couch potatoes.

No one can deny the popularity of the NFL— If something related to the NFL is on TV– it generates alot of interest. Football is the best TV sport — It’s built for TV.

As for compating it to baseball– Summer season is alot different– Alot of us listen to the game while drinking after playing softball… or at the cabin on a Lake…

There’s a reason re-runs are occurring in the summer.

By: fatfreddystubbs

fatfreddystubbs — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:13:50 +0000

It’s football. The season is winding down. So I’m gonna watch to get my football fix. It’s a long time until preseason starts.
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@rogerbrad,
I pretty much felt the same way, basically saying “i know this game is a complete joke, but in two weeks when i’m looking at no football for six months, even really bad football, i’ll wish i had watched at least a little bit of it”.

Well, a little bit was all i could stomach. As low as my expectations were, it was worse than i thought. Midway through the first quarter, I actually went to google and entered in something like “pro bowl player protest” or something like that because the lack of effort and caring was sooooo obvious, I thought maybe there was a coordinated campaign on the part of the players as if they were saying “yeah, it’s an honor to be chosen, and a free trip to Hawaii in January is nice, but we don’t wanna play the actual game so let’s make a mockery of it”.

By: august589

august589 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:01:55 +0000

Here’s an idea: Let the NFL Network broadcast the Pro Bowl–since hardly anyone gets that network, anyway.

I know I’m never watching the Pro Bowl again after the farce I watched on Sunday.

By: rogerbrad

rogerbrad — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:54:55 +0000

It’s football. The season is winding down. So I’m gonna watch to get my football fix. It’s a long time until preseason starts.

I watch the NFL network daily to keep up on things happening during the off-season, like the Combine, etc. Gotta have my football.

By: gosuhgo

gosuhgo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:54:50 +0000

I would be happier if this were actually a flag football game and they took it seriously.

By: leylandslung

leylandslung — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:52:04 +0000

How many of those people were asleep?

By: lastdukestreetking

lastdukestreetking — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:46:27 +0000

I can’t believe anyone with a life watches any all-star game.