The article is well-written, but there are some points that seemed porrly thought-out. The NFL could not move its game to a location within the 48 states because none of the players would go. The only reason that many players participate in the Pro Bowl after a long season is the free trip to Hawaii. Also, while the NHL desperately needs to find another network, I think the NBA All Star game works fine on TNT. Whoever doesn't have cable likely is not a big-time sports fan anyway, since that would mean they don't have ESPN.

Here's something I do agree with you on: the actual NBA all-star game was terrible. It seemed like the players just put on an exhibition instead of actually giving their full effort, with maybe a few exceptions.