Aaron Rodgers admitted to ESPNMilwaulkee that he was disappointed by the lack of effort put forth by his teammates in the Pro Bowl.
To be fair, I didn't watch the Pro Bowl. I watch the All-Star games for most other sports, however, and they all have their respective flaws. The NHL does perhaps the best job, as the emphasis is clearly on "having fun," though there are still things that need to be changed to make the event all it could be. The MLB All-Star game is just that, an actual game, usually with a realistic score, something that other sports cannot claim. However, this game goes too far in the opposite direction and takes itself way too seriously (i.e. deciding home-field advantage for the World Series).
I didn't watch the Pro Bowl for the same reason as most people, and apparently I didn't miss much. My only information on the event came after a brief chat with my roommate this weekend:
"Hey, did you see the Pro Bowl?"
"No."
"It was a pillow fight."
Of course it was a pillow fight. Of all the sports in the world, football is perhaps the most difficult to design an All-Star game for. In the middle of the season, no one would want to go and risk getting hurt. By the end of the season, everyone's already hurt, and no one wants to make it worse.
Aaron Rodgers, who's job in the Pro Bowl is fairly cushy from a physical standpoint, expressed open disappointment about the lack of effort his teammates put forth in their defeat. No one likes being surrounded by people who aren't taking what they do seriously, but a glorified practice after a grueling season seems hardly the place to get mad over it.
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