Five Drinks Into Sports: The Perilous Position of the All-Star Game (III)

Sean's Take:
The sports junkie in me demands to watch any sporting event of any significance. And not just in American sports, but there's no reason for me to miss out on Cricket, Rugby, Curling, Hurling or Buzkashi if I get the chance to view it.

But something about the Pro Bowl makes me sick. Perhaps the purpose is to showcase all of the top players in the game at one time, but when ESPN saunters on religiously about each one of them throughout the year, the event transforms from a nice get-together into a circle jerk. It certainly doesn't help that nobody playing or watching cares either. It's not as though other all-star games have traditionally been much better either, but the Pro Bowl feels the most like it spits on the intensity and passion that make sports into spectacles.