Why the NFL should dump the Pro Bowl

The NFL and NBC Sports hope fans want to tune in to the annual Pro Bowl tonight at 7pm ET. Commissioner Roger Goodell keeps threatening to get rid of the game if the quality doesn't improve.  But, it doesn't seem like recent moves with the event have done anything to facilitate a better game.

Fan voting is a joke; Nothing more than a popularity contest conducted at a time when we have no idea who will have played an "all-star' caliber season. (This is the case with all of the major sports all-star balloting.)  On top of that, too many of the players fans DO vote for (translated: the ones they want to see in the game) end up NOT playing because they are in the Super Bowl-- which wasn't an issue when the Pro Bowl was the week AFTER the big game-- or, they claim injury.  I say "claim" because it seems to me that the league, which thinks the Pro Bowl is important enough to stage,  has made it quite easy for elected/selected players to opt out of the game using injury as the excuse.

Open Mouth, Insert Feet

Jerry Sandusky
(Photo: attorneygeneral.gov)

Does former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky have incompetent legal counsel?  The man accused of sexually molesting young boys for years, as described in a grand jury presentment, continues to grant interviews that, clearly, are NOT helping his case.

First, he spoke to NBC's Bob Costas by phone and was, let's just say, less than convincing.  Now, he has granted interviews, spanning four-hours over two-days, to the New York Times in which he comes off worse than he did in the NBC interview.  What strategy is his lawyer embracing by allowing this to happen?!?!?  If Sandusky really believes he's innocent and hopes to be vindicated in this sordid, tragic story, he is NOT doing himself any favors by continuing to grant these interviews in which he opens his mouth and inserts BOTH of his feet!

CBS aired this story Saturday morning on "The Early Show".  You must see this for yourself!

Since Sandusky's attorney won't tell him this, allow me: STOP TALKING! DON'T SAY ANOTHER WORD! Do you remember what agents said to you when they arrested you?  "Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law" STILL APPLIES! JUST SHUT UP!!!  You might want to consider hiring a new lawyer, too.

Oh, Good Evening!