Say aloha to the Pro Bowl

This may be old news, but I just read that the 2010 Pro Bowl is (a) going to be played on the Sunday before the Super Bowl and (b) is not going to be played in Hawaii (here).

I definitely like the idea of filling the typically "off" week before the Super Bowl with an event--the coverage of preparation for the Super Bowl gets tiring real quick, and there's bound to be more interest in a game that is played before the interest in professional football climaxes in the Super Bowl.

Perhaps NFL types will miss having a reason to travel to the Aloha State, but it is hard not to think that the game--which is typically viewed as post-season walk-thru, will have a different feel if played in the pre-Super Bowl atmosphere and the Super Bowl venue.