Signage for the NFL Pro Bowl is seen at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday,Feb 6, 2022, in LasVegas (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service by means of Getty Images)
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The NFL stated it is removing the Pro Bowl in favor of a week’s worth of ability competitors and a flag football video game.
In what’s now called “The Pro Bowl Games,” gamers from both conferences will display their football and non-football skills in a weeklong series of competitive occasions, changing the full-contact Pro Bowl video game that began in 1951.
The multiday occasion will be kept in Las Vegas in February, and will culminate with a flag football video game to happen at Allegiant Stadium, where the Las Vegas Raiders play.
In previous years the Pro Bowl has actually frequently been struck with the criticism that gamers do not play to their finest capability, in order to prevent injuries. Last year, the NFL broadened its routine season by one video game. The NFL is likewise attempting to enhance flag football, a growing part of the company’s future.
The Associated Press initially reported the news onMonday
Earlier this year, the league stated it was intending to grow its worldwide company to $1 billion each year. As part of that, the NFL has actually been promoting flag football to be consisted of in the summertime Olympics, with the objective of starting in2028
This previous summertime the NFL partnered with the International Federation of American Football on bringing flag football to “The World Games,” a global occasion that showcases video games that weren’t consisted of in the Olympics, in Birmingham, Alabama.
The league stated in Monday’s release that flag football is “a growing focus for the organization” and “a critical piece of the NFL’s participation and development strategy, due to its highly accessible and inclusive qualities.” Flag football will be incorporated in other parts of the multiday occasions.
The league stated the weeklong schedule and other information will be launched later on in the football season.
Disney’s broadcast network, ABC, and its cable television channel ESPN will air the flag football video game set up forFeb 5, and the NFL stated it’s dealing with other partners to set the days of competitors.
Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions will likewise have skin in the video game as it’ll assist to form the shows throughout the week, the NFL stated in a release. Manning will likewise participate in the training personnel for the flag football video game.
Manning and his bro Eli, both retired NFL quarterbacks, have actually delighted in success as the co-hosts of an alternate “Monday Night Football” telecast for ESPN2.
The Pro Bowl news follows the discovery that Rihanna will heading the Super Bowl halftime program, which is now sponsored by Apple, onFeb 12.
— CNBC’s Jessica Golden added to this report.
