Instead, the league will focus on skill-based competitions titled "The Pro Bowl Games".

The NFL Pro Bowl is a tradition stemming back to 1951 but is now being shelved for a better and frankly more entertaining format.

“The Pro Bowl Games” will feature AFC and NFC players showcasing their football and non-football skills in challenges over several days.

The 2023 games are to be held in Las Vegas, and the flag football game at Allegiant Stadium is on February 5, 2023.

NFL Executive Peter O'Reilly told The Associated Press: “The Pro Bowl is something that we've been looking at for a while, really continuing to evolve.

“Coming out of last year's game, we really made the decision based on a lot of internal conversations, getting feedback from GMs and coaches, getting a lot of feedback from players.

“We think there's a real opportunity to do something wholly different here and move away from the traditional tackle football game. We decided the goal is to celebrate 88 of the biggest stars in the NFL in a really positive, fun, yet competitive way.”

The Pro Bowl began in January 1951 in Los Angeles and stayed there for 21 seasons before the game moved to different cities from 1972 to 1980, including Hawaii.

O’Reilly continued: “You tap into all the stuff that feels great about Pro Bowl week, the skills, the helmets off, the engagement and then culminate that, keeping the AFC-NFC construct, in something that's really important, which is flag football and that opportunity to have the best athletes in the NFL out there playing this game that is so much about the future of our sport.”