All-Star Games are Broken
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
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All-Star Games should be fun, yet the majority have toppled down into faint fragments of the sports they're supposed to be celebrating...
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NBA: 2:46 - 6:36
NFL: 6:37 - 10:46
NHL: 10:47 - 14:17
MLB: 14:18 - 18:00
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Baseball works because the game doesn't advance unless you do something. In basketball and football, it doesn't matter if you don't give any effort and the other team scores, because you get to go on offense right after they score. In baseball, if you don't give any effort and the other team scores, you don't get to go to the dugout. If you never get 3 outs, you'll never get to bat. The game naturally incentivizes effort. And as a fan of a bad team, I like that each team is represented. I would be a little less interested if I wasn't going to see someone from my team
The other reason is that one game of baseball doesn’t have a ton of risk of injury. Pitchers are only pitching an inning max and guys aren’t running into walls at full speed. All Star baseball games work because it can still be very competitive game without having guys be scared of missing the rest of the season of the season with injury
@@lunarumbreon7699 Both of you are correct
@@wizardoferror9942I agree as well. MLB, despite being considered boring by a lot of people, are the only league out of the four major professional sports leagues, that does the All-Star Game correctly. As mentioned above the OG comment, they do it right because it’s an actual game of Baseball. You have to get three outs to move to the next half inning. You have to actually try. If you watch last years All Star Game in Seattle, The American League made some great defensive plays in the first inning. Adolis Garcia made a great leaping catch off the NL MVP Ronald Acuna Jr. And then the very next at bat, Randy Arozarena made a leaping catch of his own against Freddie Freeman. It’s the one All Star Game I actually look forward to watching every year
The LED court could be used to make the nba all star game fun albeit a little gimmicky. Have hot zones like double points for dunks. 4 point shoots.
It kinda seems like a natural transition
I don’t like the idea because I’m adverse to the gimmick but I’m more adverse to what they’ve been giving us. Before this year’s AS game took place I was fine with it just being in the celebrity game but now I’m with you, they should incorporate it into the real ASG
ooh, hot spots like the original NBA Jam
@@TheComicBookLowdown Give me a gimmick any day of the week over the farce it has become.
The NHL is actually replacing the 2025 all-star game with the four nation face off a tournament between Canada, USA, Sweden and Finland. Then in 2026 NHL players will be at the Olympics so there will be no NHL all-star game for at least 2 years.
Last year, the pity rep from Colorado wound up winning the game's MVP award.
He had good numbers when voting opened and just tailed off by the end
Take the contact and risk of injury out of it, and it'll be the best game of the year, every year. Right now it's all risk, no reward.
Has anyone ever gotten seriously injured during an All Star Game? Like Kobe broke his nose, sure, but he didn't miss any games.
@@staidenofanarchyyou say that until your teams star misses the second half of the season because he got injured going hard in the all star game
I think the NFL pro bowl is almost there with the skills challenge. I want to see it turn into an mini olympic games so like who is the fastest, who can throw the furthest, who can kick the furthest, have kicks with smaller and smaller width of goal posts, who can jump the highest? That sort if stuff. Its just when to have it. Before the SB is bad because everyone is focussed on the that. Mid season? Before the season? Im not sure.
I get the argument about wanting the best players there at the mlb all star game but when I was a kid, one of my favorite things was watching whoever was the representative for those terrible Devil Rays teams play in the all star game. When your a bad team you don't get much to celebrate during the season and you are quickly pushed out of the overall league narrative. I think it is essential to let every fanbase feel a part of the all star weekend by having a representative.
Watching your take on the Pro Bowl makes me realize how some teams really have a lot of luck winning a Super Bowl, let alone multiple.
An entire season can get derailed with even the smallest of hits. Case in point: the Bengals this past year.
Tbh, why would players risk injury? It is a glorified exhibition
That’s what I’m saying, why would the players risk ruining their careers for games that don’t matter
Flag football for the Pro Bowl isn’t going away. It’s an Olympic sport in 2028 so the NFL will try and lean all the way into that. The American team will also probably be a ton of NFL guys. That’s not changing anytime soon. I also think having a Pro Bowl in the summer would be tricky if it’s full contact bc that’s before the season starts. You’re between a rock and a hard place. You have it at the end of the season, a guy gets hurt, he’s waived before the new contract year starts in March. You have the game in the summer, a guy gets hurt, he’s cut from the team before final rosters are set. And he’s just owed whatever injury guarantee is a part of his contract.
You're completely, horribly wrong about the "pity roster spot." You will end up with nothing but Yankees and Red Sox players whether those teams are good or not.
for MLB: move the Futures Game to Monday or have the MLB Draft take place on a Monday as the actual MLB All Stars have a day off to get ready to participate. Tuesday have media day in the afternoon then Home Run derby at 5pm. Wednesday play the actual ASG. No more of this All Star starting pitchers who pitched on the Sunday prior to the ASG can’t play, as why you move the game to Wednesday. Thursday is day off for all of MLB (travel day back to their ballclubs). & yes… no more AL & NL ASG jerseys during the game (as it’s a money grab for MLB). Have them wear their home/ road unis. Hell… have them wear city connect unis if they want (for the teams that have ‘em).
Saturday last regular season games, Sunday is the draft, Monday is futures game, Tuesday HRD, Wednesday ASG
Great video! On the note about having one player from every team represented: that might actually be the place where we insure both teams have enough pitchers. If every team has at least one pitcher selected, if only just to sit in the bullpen, we're talking about at least 12-16 extra pitchers per roster. That game likely won't run out of pitching. Everything else you said about the MLB All-Star game was great. Totally love the idea of going back to team uniforms.
Basketball and football are broken to real fans…. Too much worry about injury needs to stop. MJ and John Stockton played in a more physical league and played all 82 games his final season on 02’.
Every one of these is also very different to NASCAR's All Star Race, where the drivers win $1 million at the end of the race, no points, just money. And them having it at North Wilkesboro with it being a short track instead of a mile and a half track, really helps the phrase checkers or wreckers.
My solution for fixing All-Star games is the same as every league. *Have it at the beginning of the season*.
Seriously, having it at the midway point of the season doesn't make sense considering some players have good first half stats and fall off. Just have it at the beginning and vote based on last season stats.
Those of you who get the Omar and Brother Mouzone reference can be my friends
NHL should honestly keep the four division format but have the stipulation of the winner of the two divisions in the same conference get to have their representatives have home ICE advantage in the conference finals. Then the division winner of the entire All-Star tournament between the East and the West gets to have the entire conference representative have home ice advantage in the Stanley Cup Final. You can't just add more incentives to the players.
I actually like the NFL flag football game. It’s just letting the players have fun.
Football's doing it the best they can. Ultimately, if we look at all these sports, Football has the most injuries and highest risk of injury bar none. It's just the nature of the game. With that being the case, just turning the All-Star weekend into a fun event to showcase players and have fun is the right thing to do, no matter how much it annoys football purists. I also don't get all the hate on the skills events, some of them can be legitimately hype. I would like a better incentive though, charity might be a good one.
Boone Jenner (Columbus Blue Jackets all star) would be the equivalent of Tyus Jones being an NBA all star
I think that has more to do with Columbus’s terrible season than anything else
Umm... I hate to be this guy, but baseball already has a MLS vs Liga MX type series with the MLB Japan All-Star Series. MLB just never really bothers taking it seriously. It would be nice if they took it seriously, but yet if they did, many players would likely not do the NL vs AL all-star game. If they fixed the scheduling (mid-summer), I certainly would rather see the MLB Japan All-Star Series but that is super unlikely to ever happen.
Japan has it figured out. I want the bunting contest in MLB immediately.
The MLS clearly saw this video; this year the all star game will be MLS vs Liga MX
Baseball needs to bring back the regular uniforms, and no mid game interviews
NBA all star game should either be a 1v1 tournament (games to 21) with the leagues 32 best players or a USA vs International match. That’ll get the players more motivated as 1v1 affects the egos of these players while US vs international will have both sides motivated to kick the others’ ass to prove they are superior
No, it shouldn't.
Idk I think the Pro Bowl should open the next season since preseason is designed for warming up to competitive play and taps into how excited everyone gets the start of the NFL. As for the NBA all star game it’s tough since it’s all vibes based and the vibes are very off when it comes to playing defense in actual games let alone the allstar game.
in its current state that’s not a bad idea for the pro bowl at all
I've said for a long time that if I ever owned a team, the first thing I'd do is offer all my players a one million dollar bonus to NOT show up if named to an all-star team. AND I'll pay the fine if levied by the league. I'd much rather have my guys resting (if mid-season) or not risking injury (post-season) on a game that brings me no benefit.
Just get rid of all of them. Their time has come and gone.
In regards to the NHL’s every team gets a player rule, that one is kinda tricky to deal with.
Not just having strictly the best players at the all star game has actually damaged some players reputations, for example Nick Backstrom will be a lock for the Hall of Fame, yet he only made 1 all star game because he played his entire career with Alex Ovechkin.
On the other hand if you don’t give representation to every team, the ones not being represented simply won’t watch.
In an ideal world every team does just have a all star worthy player, but it’s just not reality. This year we saw guys like Oliver Bjorkstrand, Boone Jenner, Tomas Hertl, Frank Vatrano and Tom Wilson, who are all good enough players, but definitely didn’t have all star worthy seasons.
During a season of crazy high scoring, not a single one of those I just mentioned was even close to a point per game, but somehow it’s meant to represent the best the league has to offer?
Somewhat specific, but im shocked you didnt bring up how Tyler Eifert went from being a good rising tight end with a monster season, to a guy who couldnt stay on the field (14 games over his next three seasons) because of a severe injury he had during the pro bowl
Honestly? The thing with All-Star Games is that the games themselves don't really have a reason to exist in an era where so many stars play together and have highlights accessible on UA-cam. The novelty of seeing guys you normally wouldn't doesn't really exist anymore. Maybe the novelty of team mixing, but....ehhhh, plenty of genuine all-stars play together so that's not as appealing either. Plus NBA, NHL, and MLB all have international play (Olympics, WBC, FIBA WC/Eurobasket) which allows for more intermingling between stars.
The ASGs serve more of a purpose as a business summit than anything. It's the same thing that killed E3: changing trends and attitudes made them kinda obsolete.
well said, WardyNYM! one thing I wanna touch, the player draft. it should have been done in a smaller room, more private, less pressure. Not in a arena, center ice, full of fans.
I’ll add this for a bit of variety… but I liked what NASCAR did with its All Star Race back in 2023 when they returned one of its long forgotten tracks in North Wilkesboro. The format was kinda getting stale with it being back to back weeks at Charlotte and we didn’t get anything different until COVID forced its hand to move it to Bristol for the year and then Texas got it for 2 years before the current race at North Wilkesboro. Hopefully they’ll continue this track revival series for their All Star Events since it’s a return to roots kind of event that was long overdue.
As far as other games go, Pro Bowl should be back to after the Super Bowl 100% to have the best of the best play while NHL should go back to a normal East vs West since the fantasy draft era of these events is over. Making Three Point Contest the sole event would be great too since it would parallel it to the Home-Run Contest. Though here’s a wild idea to through out, maybe the NBA should give it a shot where you have NBA All Stars play against WNBA All Stars and make the game be played in late September/Early October between the two seasons? Would be a more interesting game than the current product.
for nba make it a tournament between 4 teams: 2 semifinals of 12/15 minutes 4v4 or 5v5 then a final of the winners; 4 captains who draft their team
I think a 4 team 3 on 3 first to 21 tourney would work well for the nba.
Only way you'll get football or basketball players to take an all-star game seriously is if it affects their wallets seriously. Right now there's no incentive to even put on a good show, they don't see those revenues, the team owners do. If the players had ownership stakes, maybe that changes.
I doubt it. It’s not because these guys just want to be lazy. These guys are playing like this because they don’t want to get injured. Nobody in the NBA wants to miss the second half due to an injury in the all star game and no NFL player wants to spend the entire offseason, especially if it’s a free agent year, rehabbing an injury from an exhibition game. There’s no reason to risk it
@@lunarumbreon7699the tough part of the all star weekend is that it’s placed in a timeline where there’s 20 something games left in the season. Unfortunately it’s hard to move it to an earlier date because of football. There are players like Lebron, Steph, and KD who can play hard but they’re the elder statesmen at this point. They shouldn’t need to set the tone or prove anything when they’re 35-39 years old. If you’re expecting them to show the young guys how to play hard in an All-Star game, then you have bigger problems with the event. The younger guys should want it more and take the spotlight and shine.
@@JJFT235 there’s just no reason to. You say you want an all star game where everyone is playing hard until a guy misses substantial time due to groin injury they sustained during an exhibition game
For the NBA, take the idea of the of the in season tournament and apply it to All Star Week. Have a 2 on 2 or 3 on 3 tournament with the best 2-3 players on each team and have an “All Star Championship” for the final game.
Thinking about Bill Belichick coaching Tony Gonzalez into blocking on special teams in the Pro Bowl and missing actual football
Do not even start on the idea of 2018 Mahomes getting his plays called by Bill Belichick
Imagine Mahomes and Belichick together… that combination would be just pure nightmare fuel for 95% of America.
So my honest take...is the players have gotten too good. Their job is to win championships. An all star game is something you have little to gain from and everything to lose. Sports have gotten about optimizing every last bit out of athletes, and as we've seen with pitchers any bad throw or comebacker can end their season. Same with hockey and body checks, or the NBA with any awkward cut that can just tear an ACL. The NFL is such a violent league that playing the game after the season is over still carries the risk of an injury that takes so long to heal it impedes on the next season. And you're an all star, you're too valuable for your team. Playing at an all star level often means pushing yourself to the limit.
In terms of high risk low stakes games the only comparisons in the league are like the preseason games, but those serve a purpose as a warmup and a testing ground for players. It's safe to say if you're an all star though that you're plenty developed, warmed up, and pass whatever tests you'd need to earn a roster spot.
It’s an interesting time in sports and athletes are at a different position now compared to generations past.
Back in the day like the 50s-70s, players were barely payed acceptable wages, couldn’t really move teams without their original teams either wanting to trade them or just outright releasing them, had to work extra jobs for extra income, had to get in shape during training camp, and All Star games were a focal point to raise interest in the respective leagues.
Nowadays, athletes can earn money they would never have dreamed of. And it’s fair because if you think about it, revenues increased significantly over the years and before free agency, owners would see most of the revenue shares. Now with unions and players getting more value with sponsorships and exposure outside of the sport, their value as players increase. Nowadays, athletes are mostly in shape by the time training camp starts. They work hard in the off-season to maintain shape or develop their skills in order to not fall behind. Not only that, science and analytics have been involved in sports. What’s optimal to reduce injury risk and enhance the team’s and players’ potential?
So many new factors to think about as a team and as individuals as you competition in long and intense regular seasons that require you to be at your best. Not to mention, especially in the NBA, ring culture has sorta skewed perceptions of certain players, which affects how they approach the regular season.
The NHL All Star game peaked in its current format the very first year it was played that way when the hockey world memed John Scott into becoming a division captain and the game MVP even when the league tried to trade and demote him to the AHL to keep him out of the game.
What if the NBA All-Star Game had a financial or other incentive for an award for the best defensive player in the game
If injury is your concern then hosting a full contact pro bowl at all is a bad idea, it doesn't really matter what time of year it is. You mention the World Baseball Classic taking place before the season but injuries still happened, the Mets lost the best closer in baseball to a season ending surgery while celebrating a win before the season started, I think the WBC as a whole is a great competition but that's despite the injury risk.
The other problem with the NBA one is it is WAY too long. Even the actual NBA games don’t have players truly giving effort until the 4th quarter until the playoffs.
Make the all star game like 1 quarter long and it would be great. Maybe make the quarter 15 minutes, i’m not sure. But you can’t expect anyone to play a 48 minute game that means nothing for fun when they have real games with their real teams in only a few days.
The MLB game should allow players to substitute in and out.
Damn what if they took an all star team and went barnstorming? Like take your all star team in basketball and send them off to play some euro league teams. Sure they’ll probably not win but those European players are gonna play their heart out because it’s a change to get seen by NBA teams. So there’ll be a minimum level of intensity. Plus when the upsets do come it’ll be great
Edit: saw the whole video. MLS is basically doing the same thing. I like it, NBA and NHL play in Europe. Send MLB to Japan and you got something special. Hell you could even do this with the NFL and either the CFL or ELF. Again they’re not as good but they’ll be hungry. Most of those lads either didn’t get a shot or were the 54th man. They’re gonna play like their life depends on it because they may get a chance to be signed to an NFL squad
I'm a baseball fan as well as basketball fan and I completely agree on the NBA part. The best of the best 3 v 3 women's vs men's basketball would be brilliant. Hell pit the best college men's (or women's) against the best men's players to see what happens. I'd love to see Caitlin Clark go up against someone like Steph Curry or Lebron James.
I disagree with you on the baseball format. Baseball seems fine. At least one player from each team gives a chance that even the worst teams have good players and hope. As a Cubs fan, if the Cubs players weren't on the All Star Game Roster I wouldn't watch it---additionally fix the Home Run Derby. One player from each team facing off against each other. Or the best slugger from each team faces off against each other. For example the best slugger on the Cubs was Bellinger (I think) Bellinger could face off against a player from central, west and east.
The best way to "fix" the NFL Pro Bowl is just announce rosters for the best of the best players from each conference and cut them a bonus check. Maybe do a skills competition for individual pride.
Summer time in Hawaii? You trying to get them a heatstroke
Love that mention that xxl 2016😭shit ain’t been same just like All star game in 2020😭😭
Turn the NFL pro-bowl into a sarcastaball game. That’s how you get ratings up.
I don’t agree with the no 1 player from 1 team each, but this is because I’m an A’s fan and our team is garbage
praying for you
Maybe I’m unique-but why do we need All Star games at all? Just give the dudes a week off, the seasons are ridiculously long and we don’t need these useless dog and pony show exhibitions.
If you think about it, in the past All Star games functioned as a way for 1. The top players to get national attention 2. Extra revenue for the league. What functions do they have besides that now? Top players are already famous celebrities that everyone is familiar with. There is wall to wall coverage of all the games and all the gossip/rumors now. Unlike in the 50s/60s when coverage was sparse and the All Star Game could be a showcase of your talent and great source of publicity.
You can still name players to All Star Teams, but just have it be like an honor just like all the other awards at the end of the season.
One all star game that isn't mentioned here that should have been is NASCAR's all star race. Until recently, it was extremely boring and downright unwatchable. Then, they put it at the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway and instantly gained prestige again.
MLB's all star game is fun because it features players from every single time, and that's how it should be. Every team, no matter how good or bad, should have all star representation.
My idea for the NBA all-star game is 8 team, 3 on 3 tournament.
They should change the point system for the all star game so that blocks, steals and forcing turnovers subtract points from the opposing team
Steals are 2s, blocks are 3s and forcing a shot clocking violation is a 5
Your fix for the NBA All-Star Game? Forcing a turnover means minus one point for the team that loses the ball. A blocked shot means minus two points for the team that attempted it.
I don't think this would work, cause I doubt the players care very much about winning or losing the game.
Summertime in Hawaii? You do know how warm it can get there, right?
Players who played in the Superbowl never played in a pro bowl. It's always been like that.
Injury risk is high if they actually played a real NFL game.
Am I the only one that thought the flag football pro bowl wasn’t so bad? The players seemed to be legitimately having fun and they ran full speed, which made some of the faster players fun to watch. Without the threat of getting tackled and with only having to avoid getting their flag taken, the players were always running. The pro bowl always should’ve been that way and that plus the skill challenges each being worth a certain number of points made it interesting and honestly probably the best the NFL could conceivably do with the Pro Bowl.
Ok so now people are saying openly to axe the ASG, but people are also saying the same thing about the regular SEASON! The NBA is in real trouble!
we could just treat it like the exhibition game it is and commit to the bit. give the nba players the celebrity all star game court and have them shoot 8 pointers from half court.
I actually loved the 2024 NBA all star game because SO MANY POINTS!
Rashad Mendenhall pro bowl actually goes crazy, if the white guys win one time we'll have a decade+ of good games. Will have the losing the Olympics in basketball effect.
NBA: Have a 3 on 3 tournament for a cash prize of 500k split among the players to charities of their choice
NFL: Just cancel it
NHL: Full game without checking, winning team chooses a second Kraft Hockeyville winner
MLB: Keep as is and never allow Angel to work as chew chief there
MLS: make it a 1 game with Liga MX in large stadiums with a large Latin American population
Injury avoidance.....they would play a 'real game' if injuries were not a factor, of course this is real human life and injuries may happen. They are staying healthy for the second half.
Very cool thanks 😛💣💚
Honestly for me ASG’s are more for showing good performances in a season. I’ve never watched one and don’t plan on it
The MLB all star game should absolutely still represent every team. Although it’s the all star game meant for the best players, it is representative of baseball as a whole. If every team wasn’t represented then half of the AL would just be blue jays players and half of the NL would be dodgers players because it’s still based off fan vote
Yes. I think we should do away with fan voting.
@@ghostofyou9721 I don’t think we need to do away with it, I think they just need to adjust the order of who’s selected to the team first. Normally they pick the starters before everyone else. I think they need to pick 1 person from every team first, then determine who of those people will be starters, then pick the other starters, then fill out the remaining spots with top vote getters. Although there is fanbase bias like the blue jays, I think baseball fans recognize who’s good more than other sports- hence why two pirates started the asg in 2021 despite the team being in last place (both guys deserved to start)
The NBA's all star game has become "don't get hurt, and let's do some flashy stuff in the process". Most all star games are that way, in a sense, and I get that players wouldn't want to get hurt while playing in a game that technically doesn't count.
The Pro Bowl, oh man... it was fun watching it as a kid, between the AFC and NFC. Especially playing it on Madden in the PS2 days. Now, it's not anything close to that, and it's a shame. I dig your Pro Bowl idea.
MLB's all-star game is fine, save one thing: too many players getting to play--it resembles a spring training game. Make the position player starters play at least six innings(save for injury of course). Have the stars ACTUALLY PLAY, as it was until the late 1980s/1990s
I don't mind that there's a bunch of substitutions, why invite a whole rosters worth of players if you're only going to use half of them? It may seem like a spring training game, but seeing how fun spring training can be, I think it allows more players to participate and builds interest
no let everyone play
Also their jersey, not this stupid NL/AL
But it’s always been like that bud.
@@wizardoferror9942 no, it wasn't, reread the first comment.
Idea: fot MLB and NHL, compensate mid-draft value picks to teams who don't have an elected All Star instead of guaranteeing them one
MLS Vs LigaMX is back this year!!! MLS watched this video lol.
Props to Major League Baseball for continuing to have the best All-Star game in sports.
IMO the best MLB all star game is the WBC. Nothing will beat Ohtani vs Trout in the finals
Yeah I def like that all teams need representation or you’ll only get NY, Texas & Californian teams players.
No one else wants to see that.
I would prefer national team play in any sport any day of the week. At least as far as baseball and hockey are concerned. We get more than enough of that in Soccer so in MLS’s case I vastly prefer LigaMX vs MLS
Perhaps a super unpopular opinion but I actually don't hate the new pro bowl week, it just isn't the best for television viewers. I can imagine it's a much different experience if you go in person. They have embraced the quirkyness of the skill events and have the understanding that they can't actually play in pads, personally I think playing an all-star game months after the season is weird with regards to relevance. As far as TV goes, I think the flag game is good mindless television given the circumstances, plus good marketing for the NFL since guys aren't in helmets and you can see their faces. I think they could benefit from adding more sideline interviews, perhaps a Manningcast format where you eschew the main broadcasters for a rotating cast of that year's players who aren't currently on the field. Maybe let Pat McAfee host it since it's on ESPN - sort of like a love podcast. They could even move it to streaming, which would allow them to speak as candidly and explicitly as they do on the podcasts we all watch and love - likely some good content there with hopefully some guys you don't always hear from in interviews etc.
4:16 🧢🧢🧢 that’s the biggest cap I’ve ever heard! You mean to tell me that the lack of a shoot around constitutes the best basketball in the world being unable to put in any effort, at all, into playing the game? Make that make sense please..
The soccer all star game is a joke. The MLS all stars facing a big club from Europe makes the league look so amateurish. It was better when they had a MLS vs Liga MX all stars
Please never have that joke of an individual come in to talk about hockey. He’s not even in tune with what the current issues are with the all star game. Also the simple fact is whether or not players are going to try. All star games are either an outdated concept we need to move away from or make it have an impact on that players team. Players are not going to care unless it potentially impacts them for playoffs
day 8 of asking for a video on the islanders 1980s 4 championships in a row dynasty, most playoff series wins in a row ever
When you say "we saw" do you mean all 12 people that watched it?
I disagree with doing away with the “every team must be represented” thing. Look up the videos of players on bottom-dwelling teams who otherwise wouldn’t be selected getting told they’re going to the ASG. From a business standpoint I get it but as a person with a heart how could you deny them that potentially once in a lifetime opportunity?
Ok but Rashard was spitting though
Players need to take more pride and stop being soft. NBA and NFL
Mlb all star game would be better if we remove fan voting. Hate seeing the entire BlueJays team voted in every year despite them not being that good.
I hate seeing the Dodgers get voted in. I agree---get rid of fan voting.
NBA all star game can be saved, let them play the euro league all stars.
Tall people
Maybe they need to cut the game half.
Here is my take. All Star 2025: Team NBA vs Team Euroleague
If team NBA actually tried and they actually sent a good roster, then they wash team Euroleague.
@@jayclean5653 all we want is competitiveness right? so this is one of the ways. as long as, NBA and Euroleague make an early agreement, Euroleague will send their best roster. They will gain a lot of publicity after all.
@@kinnugroho My idea is to make it so the winner of the Allstar game gets homefield advantage in the finals. I would imagine that would inspire guys to actually try.
The charity thing is noble, and can be a good way to make the league and players look like they actually give a crap, but if they'd give the best players in the world a contract incentive, paid for by the players association (there's plenty of money to go around) or the teams idk, and you'll see guys take it seriously again. The risk can't be greater than the reward.
Just add 5 extras off days to the baseball schedule. A lot of the dudes who complain about the season being too long were at the all star game. Jumping around like nutjobs at the hr derby. The league won't cut the game though. It makes too much money.
Doesn't the winning division of the all Star game in MLB get home field advantage in the world series? It's a small incentive, but still an incentive
*Edit* guess I should have watched the whole video first. Lol
NBA All-Star game and evey other ASG for that matter is easy to save.The winning conference/division splits 20k,earns home field advantage and an automatic bye to the divisional round (whichever team with the best record).Not only would the players have a reason to play harder but with postseason implications on the line there's no way any player would want to try to compete. I personally think that this would be the best way to save every All-Star game minus the NFL pro bowl i actually like that it's flag football. But since this is a video about how to save each All-Star game what i would with the pro bowl is have the game mid-season,pads only, NO HEADHUNTING (any player that does aim at the head will not only be disqualified both the player and the team would be fined) same rules apply as above.
I think their shouldn’t be an all star “game” they’re should be an allstar league that lasts a month after the regular season between the best of every country
Okay, don't say that the original MLB All-Star Game stipulation to determine which League representative gets the host the World Series was stupid because it brought about some of the best baseball moments in recent history.
It is stupid. I don't feel like I need to expand on that.
@@doodchappin Okay, how is it stupid?
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Anti meritocracy is stupid.
See I like the idea of all star games deciding which conference gets home field advantage. Provides legitimate stakes.
Can even do this for the NFL even if you’re deciding it years in advance
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All star games are something I don’t understand about American sports and why I think they should just do more international breaks instead. Like I get the theory of why they’re fun but ultimately as you said, there’s nothing to play for. But if instead of that there was some international games on for a week those players have their country on the line. Suddenly they want to compete for patriotic reasons. Look at how the WBC compared to the MLB all star stuff. Night and day to me
the WBC takes a month to play and the MLB all-star game is the best of the professional sports in the US by a miles.
@@JamesLarson47 yes the WBC is a longer time. I was simply using it as an example of the beauty of an international break. You can do shorter or longer breaks. The international rules series between Ireland and Australia is a good example of a shorter series that only takes a week or two
@Gallalad1 that plays in soccer, but as global as the MLB is, there's no other league's all-star team that could compete with the MLB all-stars. Also, the MLB all-star game is already perfect, it doesn't need help.
@@JamesLarson47 I was actually referring to Australian and Gaelic football. That’s okay. You’re American it seems so I didn’t expect you to… well… doesn’t matter. Also I fully think NPB could beat an MLB all star team. Be a tight series but I do think it could happen. Look at all the talent MLB is only now discovering after the WBC. America tends to be so self centred it just ignores swathes of talent abroad. That doesn’t mean MLB isn’t great, just it’s not as far ahead as people like to think.
@Gallalad1 lmao, no. Sir, the world is so anti-American they're blinded by it. The MLB, which most of the big stars from the NPB are in MLB now, wouldn't stand anywhere near a chance of beating the MLB. Honestly, I couldn't care less which soccer league that you were talking about. It's not relevant when discussing American sports leagues. Keep your elitist "you don't know crap about the world because you're American" bullsquat attitude to yourself. You don't know a damn thing about me. And you shouldn't presume to because of where I live.
WardyNYM is sooooooo out of touch with what the issues are and what’s good about the nhl all star game 😂 the 3v3 tourney is literally what saved the nhl all star game
The baseball All-Star game has consequences, yet it still sucks. I liked it better in the late 70s and early 80s
The MLB All-Star game no longer determines home field advantage in the World Series. So I don't believe it has consequences any longer.
@@apacheman3131 They should bring that back because that stipulation has caused some of the best baseball moments in history.
I think they just wanted the game to not finish in a tie.
Want to see the best NBA players try? Bring back Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and other players in their 70s and 80s embarrass them in front of the world every year.
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