Pro Sports

I'm not one of these people that will ever say that professional athletes get paid to much. In fact I think it is hilarious to hear a person who is wearing the jersey of his favorite football team while sitting in his season ticket seats say, "these guys are overpaid" without realizing irony of the situation. But it IS amazing to think about the fact that a person can become very wealthy for playing a game. It's one of the greatest things about this country. It may be hard to wrap your head around the point I'm trying to make so let me put it this way. Think back to when football or baseball were just games that people played for fun. On the weekends or after work they just got together and played a game. There were no professional athletes, no endorsement deals, not even bleachers much less stadiums. Now imagine if you would have told those people that in the future your could become rich and famous for playing this game. And you wouldn't have to wait until a day off from work to play the game, because you would be a "professional athlete"' and this would BE your job. It's almost hard to imagine sports existing on just a recreational level anymore. Most major sports have a professional level at which people can strive for. There are fewer pickup games than ever and most people that want to play a sport have to join a league. Spectators will be present and there will be a championship game that all teams will be aiming for. But imagine if when you were a kid someone told you during a game of kickball that in the future professional kickball players will be rich, famous, and swimming in supermodel and pop star poon. Or someone from the future crashed your Uncle John's BBQ in 1983 and said , "enjoy that tetherball game. In the future professional tetherball players will be so competitive that some of their hall-of-famers will be accused of using steroids and have to appear at the Supreme Court in order to solidify their place in history sand asterisk." With the growing popularity of mixed martial arts it's easy to imagine that there are still some sports just waiting to become professional. My nominations for the future of professional sports: Kick the can, Jail Break, Horse Shoes, Slip-N-Slide, That Paper finger flicking football game, and of course Tag.