The AP reports:
“It takes away from the game when it’s somewhere else,” said Miami Dolphins receiver Brandon Marshall, who also selected to the Miami game two years ago. “It’s always a privilege. It’s always an honor to be selected to a Pro Bowl. But this is what the Pro Bowl is about—paradise. So it would suck definitely if we no longer come out here.”
Some players went as far as saying they wouldn’t participate if the Pro Bowl was moved.
League and Hawaii officials are still working out the details. Relations have been a bit shaky lately with Gov. Neil Abercrombie trying to make nice after likening the state’s $4 million Pro Bowl subsidy to a bribe.
Read more on what the players had to say.
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