Is Professional Sports Hurting Pickup Games at the Park

I've got to believe that when our athletes make millions of dollars it is somehow decreasing the number and quality of pickup games at local parks. This flux in professionalism is making our athletes sterile to real world concerns. For every A-rod making many millions to compete at the highest level there is a kid at the park that wants to go pro and doesn't think he can scale as high as A-rod. Gone are the days where young people actually wanted to become athletes. Now they are farmed as one might farm a garden or a trade.

When was the last time the TV said college attended, streetball??? When was the last time an MJ or Bird or Magic came up through the ranks? Sure our players look like those of yesterday, but do they have the same heart? I doubt it.