It’s because there’s more entertainment options for kids. Back then kids entertainment was playing inside, watching TV, or playing outside. Now they’ve got the internet and game systems and smartphones. The fact is today’s kids play in pickup games all the time, they just aren’t playing sports. The modern pickup is Call of Duty, HALO, World of Warcraft. They live in a larger world than we did.
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Some of us remember BEFORE TV was around!