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Event Information:
The Pro Bowl will be the NFL's
all-star game for the season.
It will take place at 7:00 p.m. EST
(2:00 p.m. local time) at Aloha Stadium in
Honolulu, Hawaii and will be
televised nationally by NBC. It will
be the final Pro Bowl on NBC under
the current television contract
until at least 2023 (ESPN will
assume Pro Bowl broadcast rights in
the new deal that begins in 2014).
In professional American football,
the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of
the National Football League (NFL).
Since the merger with the rival
American Football League (AFL) in
1970, it has been officially called
the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the
top players in the American Football
Conference (AFC) against those in
the National Football Conference (NFC).
Currently, players are voted into
the Pro Bowl by the coaches, the
players themselves, and the fans.
Each group's ballots count for one
third of the votes. The fans vote
online at the NFL's official
website. There are also replacements
that go to the game should any
selected player be unable to play
due to injuries. Prior to 1995, only
the coaches and the players made Pro
Bowl selections.
In
order to be considered a Pro Bowler
for a given year, a player must
either have been one of the initial
players selected to the team, or a
player who accepts an invitation to
the Pro Bowl as an alternate;
invited alternates who decline to
attend are not considered Pro
Bowlers. Being a Pro Bowler is
considered to be a mark of honor,
and players who are accepted into
the Pro Bowl are considered to be
elite.
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