I think part of that goes along with dilution of the player pool...instead of getting solid teams in each age group in one place, you get a hodge podge of players everywhere and you end up cobbling together a team that just can't quite compete where it needs to in the league. The good kids then don't get the recognition they deserve and the less skilled kids don't get the development they need because they're too busy trying to keep up instead of learning and growing.
