A fix for the Pro Bowl...

So you had a great year at your job, and everyone knows in. If you were stationed in Iraq, you managed to capture dangerous militants and risk your life and limb everyday and you were the most prepared and best. If you were a maid, you hit every speck of dust before it his the surface and your dedication showed up enough that fellow maids and employers said, "You're simply the best." If you were an Ice Road Trucker, you never stopped for the entire winter, and the ice never slowed you down. You out-hauled everyone. Where would you like to go on vacation?
Hawaii sounds like a nice place to be, but would you accept a working vacation? You're in Hawaii, but the brought over the dangerous of Iraq, and now you have to capture militants in paradise, or you are going to have to drive over hot lava with your Ice Truck, with a few inches of cooled magma under your tires. I think I would pass on the working vacation at this point and stay home with my family.
In the NFL, if you are selected as the best at what you do, the reward is one more chance to be severely injured by any of twenty-one impossibly strong individuals who could accidently break your leg at any time. Sometimes, people end their careers at these types of events, and Hawaii is pretty hot to be running sprints in full pads. Doesn't sound like fun, especially if I'm a multi-millionaire who could just fly my family there. I'd be tempted to say that whatever nagging injury from the season will stop me from participating, and there are always nagging injuries.
Here's how to fix the Pro-Bowl. The best at each position are still to Hawaii with their families to enjoy a free week of sun and surf. They still go to a couple of meetings and have a media day. Instead of risking an early retirement for one last game, they tutor the best college players at their position. Play the game with college seniors and keep the pros on the sidelines.
Early in the week, the college senior bowlers could meet with the an All-Pro and get to know what he should expect during the NFL season and during an NFL type game, The player would then meet the head coach of one of the NFL conferences and go over the game strategy. The pros and college players would meet the media and talk about what they think the kid needs to improve on and what his strengths are.
During the actual Pro Bowl, the Pros would sit around the outside of the field or walk the sideline, giving pointers on technique and tips on what it takes to become a better pro. Fans would still watch because it had all the star power of all the games best showing up at one place and they would be able to mug for the camera without the helmets on.
It would also provide a great lead up to the draft, and build interest in what has become a marquis day for the NFL.