There is a phenomenon that goes on with college alumni folks, it goes something like this... You are XX number of years old, you graduated from XYZ university @5-50+ years ago, please give to alumni slush funds so that we can maintain the university you graduated from in prestigious light, so your diploma doesn't lose value because current university conditions are declining. So if Harvard is suddenly rocked by fake test scores, underhanded admissions standards and some @60 Minutes type program trashes everything about the school, old people will argue when I went there it was one of the most prestigious diplomas to get, make some distinction between new and old standards.
Pro Bowl..
When it started it meant one thing.. Contracts and player responsibility grew. Guys and team advisors started saying, just say thanks and don't go to Hawaii, or go there and stand in street clothes and network commentators will explain that your part( knee, shoulder, elbow, ect) is on the mend and you would love to play but..
Then next versions were league trying to add importance to Pro Bowl.. Still for players, agents and teams, risk reward ratio was just too dangerous to play the game and risk injuries. Fast forward to moving from Hawaii, game being flag football.. It's ridiculous to compare modern Pro Bowl with game of significance of yesteryear. Sanders a guy with no stats, no history good or bad was selected to play in a flag football game.. Absolutely apples and oranges and all the prestige of selection and playing is encapsulated in Sanders ..he is deserving of no awards of any kind, not even best QB on his team.. They should do Battle of Network Superstars and allow celebrities or female athletes who are outstanding to play. Bruce Jenner type stuff, but the old school historically cherished selection to the Pro Bowl gone long ago, just something broadcasting crew spew out has zero value.. In college the idea of a Rhodes Scholar or Academic All American is of days gone by.. Guy like Pat Haden or Navy Academy grad like Roger Staubach don't exist anymore
not because athletes can't be accomplished students or sailors, soldiers,
it's because people don't find value in it, don't place importance on it.
Sanders gets attention for being a famous father's son not from ability or accomplishments. That is what is currently important.
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