NFL replaces Pro Bowl with weeklong skills competitions and a flag football game

The NFL said it is eliminating the Pro Bowl successful favour of a week's worthy of accomplishment competitions and a emblem shot game. 

In what's present called "The Pro Bowl Games," players from some conferences volition showcase their shot and non-football talents successful a weeklong bid of competitory events, replacing the full-contact Pro Bowl crippled that started successful 1951.

The multi-day lawsuit volition beryllium held successful Las Vegas successful February, and volition culminate with a emblem shot crippled to instrumentality spot astatine Allegiant Stadium, wherever the Las Vegas Raiders play. 

The displacement comes arsenic the Pro Bowl has been criticized successful the past arsenic players are said to not play to their champion quality successful bid to debar injury. Last year, the NFL expanded its regular play by 1 game. The NFL is besides trying to amplify emblem football, a increasing portion of the organization's future. 

The Associated Press first reported the quality connected Monday. 

Earlier this year, the league said it was aiming to turn its planetary concern to $1 cardinal annually. As portion of that, the NFL has been pushing for emblem shot to beryllium included successful the summertime Olympics, with the purpose of opening successful 2028. 

This past summertime the NFL partnered with the International Federation of American Football connected bringing emblem shot to "The World Games," an planetary lawsuit that showcases games that weren't included successful the Olympics, successful Birmingham, Alabama.

The league said successful Monday's merchandise that emblem shot is "a increasing absorption for the organization" and "a captious portion of the NFL's information and improvement strategy, owed to its highly accessible and inclusive qualities." Flag shot volition beryllium integrated successful different parts of the multi-day events. 

The league said the week-long docket and different details volition beryllium released aboriginal successful the shot season.

Disney's broadcast web ABC and cablegram transmission ESPN volition aerial the emblem shot crippled scheduled for Feb. 5, and the NFL said it's moving with different partners to programme the days of competitions. 

Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions volition besides person tegument successful the crippled arsenic it'll assistance to signifier the programming passim the week, the NFL said successful a release. Manning volition besides instrumentality portion successful the coaching unit for the emblem shot game. 

Manning, and his member Eli, some retired NFL quarterbacks, person enjoyed occurrence arsenic the co-hosts of an alternate "Monday Night Football" telecast for ESPN2.

The Pro Bowl quality follows the revelation that Rihanna volition headline the Super Bowl halftime show, which is present sponsored by Apple, connected Feb. 12.

–CNBC's Jessica Golden contributed to this report.