Overview
- The NFL told team owners Wednesday that it will stop staging any Pro Bowl game or associated competitive events and will instead name 88 Pro Bowl players each season.
- The existing voting system will remain in place with fans, players and coaches each accounting for one‑third of the vote that picks the 88 honorees.
- Only the original 88 selections will carry the Pro Bowl designation going forward, ending the alternate‑replacement process that frequently produced controversial or lightly qualified picks.
- The league will announce the Pro Bowl class in late December through an expanded presentation and will invite honorees to a February in‑person celebration in Los Angeles with commemorative keepsakes and uniform designations.
- The move follows years of format changes and steady ratings declines, and it removes a late‑February TV event while shifting the visible celebration of all‑stars into Super Bowl week, which could change how players, contracts and legacy markers use Pro Bowl honors.