Do you think the pros are becoming obsolete?

I've seen a pattern in other gaming communities where the best start getting compensated off-table and immediately nose-dive because they can't plausibly be as dedicated as they once were.

I think the next few years will see the 03-04 generation of poker stars (Lederer, Negreanu, Hellmuth, Hansen, Duke etc) evolving into 'hosts' of a sort for the poker world. Their familliar faces will lend legitimacy in the public mind while younger, hungrier players take their place at the top. With so much of their time once spent at the tables now used for promotional work, the fall is inevitable. The fact that kids are playing out of diapers now should also lend to the present level of top-tier play becoming obselete.