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Originally Posted by skinsguy
If it's not something to be worked up about, why do further analysis to determine that a player doesn't deserve pro bowl honors? Logic says from human analysis that one doesn't go to such great lengths just for the heck of it. There is always motive other than simply knowledge.
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Because there's a lot of meaning in the analysis outside of the pro bowl. I want to know who the best 20 corners are in football, in order of their value (I can't know this, but at least after all the hours I've put in I have some sort of idea). The pro bowl outcome is meaningless in terms of analysis, but the analysis still helps.
In this case, the pro bowl revels in its absence of knowledge. I'm perfectly okay with it holding the status quo as a meaningless honor and a meaningless game. That's why I use the descriptive phrase "pro bowl level" in analysis pieces. Actually being named to the pro bowl doesn't mean a thing, but that's an abstract level of performance for all players to strive for.