<P> Unlike most major sports leagues, which hold their all - star games roughly midway through their regular seasons, the Pro Bowl is played around the end of the NFL season . Between 1970 and 2009, it was usually held the weekend after the Super Bowl . Since 2010, the Pro Bowl has been played the weekend before the Super Bowl . Players from the two teams competing in the Super Bowl do not participate . </P> <P> Observers and commentators expressed their disfavor with the Pro Bowl in its current state . It draws lower TV ratings than its regular - season games, although the game draws similar ratings to other major all - star games, such as the Major League Baseball All - Star Game . However, the biggest concern of teams is to avoid injuries to the star players . The Associated Press wrote that players in the 2012 game were "hitting each other as though they were having a pillow fight". </P> <P> Between 1980 and 2016, the game was played at Aloha Stadium in Hawaii, save for two years . On June 1, 2016, the NFL announced that they reached a multi-year deal to move the game to Orlando, Florida as part of the league's ongoing efforts to make the game more relevant . For years, the game has suffered from lack of interest due to perceived low quality . The 2017 Pro Bowl marked a return to the AFC--NFC format . </P> <P> The first "Pro All - Star Game", featuring the all - stars of the 1938 season (as well as three players from the Los Angeles Bulldogs and Hollywood Bears, who were not members of the league), was played on January 15, 1939 at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles . The NFL All - Star Game was played again in Los Angeles in 1940 and then in New York and Philadelphia in 1941 and 1942 respectively . Although originally planned as an annual contest, the all - star game was discontinued after 1942 because of travel restrictions put in place during World War II . During the first five all - star games, an all - star team would face that year's league champion . The league champion won the first four games before the all - stars were victorious in the final game of this early series . </P>

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