The NFL Pro Bowl is officially extinct

The NFL Pro Bowl is going the way of the dodo. There won’t be any kind of Pro Bowl game or event held anymore, The Athletic reported Wednesday. Instead of an All-Star game, 88 players will be named Pro Bowlers and get honored during a February celebration in Los Angeles. The Pro Bowl voting process will remain intact. “All-star games, I think, for all leagues have been fraught for a long time, and they haven’t necessarily represented the very best premium of that sport for those players,” Peter O’Reilly, the NFL executive vice president of club business, international and league events, told The Athletic. “I think all leagues have struggled with that. We made the switch four years ago from the ‘tackle’ Pro Bowl to the flag game, and that was more strategic for us. In many ways, we saw a de