ode to the baller

As I sit here and reflect on the events of this past weekend I begin to wonder....When did people start to use the word baller???
In my past the term had been used as a way to describe a strong basketball player who has wonderful talent, he was called a "baller"
Some time ago the term soon became popular in all sports that involved balls, the player was baller or ballin.....
I certainly could handle these usages and maybe have referred to someones sports skills as being baller.
However in more recent time the term is in place of cool. So instead of saying "WOW that is really cool!" one would say " Wow that is baller." I am not sure how this happened but I do feel that it was a major downfall in the human language. I feel that this has caused Americana's (white or black) to lose the very standards that this country was built on. AKA INTELLIGENCE.

I hereby forever vote that the use of the word "baller" be removed from the vocabulary of so many young people in America.
To help this cause I will no longer date any person who chooses to use the term "baller." I do hope that you will join me in creating a baller free nation.