ProBowlatorial: To make the Pro Bowl matter, football should take a page from the Bud Selig playbook

Last night, the greatest stars in the NFL firmament fought tooth-and-nail for their conferences in a gridiron World War III that shall never be forgotten by the five fans who witnessed it. The golden gladiators from NFC won by a score of 55-42. (Don't hold me to those numbers. I'm not losing my flow here by looking it up.)

The concern: Despite the respect players have for their conferences, a few simply went to Hawaii for the roast pig and native sex. To make the Pro Bowl matter, football should ponder the wisdom of Bud Selig, recently immortalized in Milwaukee with his statue (pictured right.)

Selig's plan for the MLB All-Star game should be used in football:

Make the winning conference the "Official Home Team" of the Super Bowl.

Sunday, when the Packers and Steeler face off in a neutral site, let the Packers - by virtue of the NFC victory -- wear their home team colors and call the coin flip. The scoreboard should designate them as "Home," and they should not have to be introduced until after the Steelers -- a huge advantage often overlooked by sportscasters, because it gives players more time to let the meds kick in, thus they're less likely to suffer a 4th quarter Coughlin Collapse.

Make the Pro Bowl matter.
Make the Super Bowl the Bud Bowl.