Are you saying that college baseball players only played HS baseball? Are you suggesting that it's prudent for a talented basketball player to skip AAU and summer camps and just rely on his HS team even if he/she is in a weak school and playing in a weak conference? Have you ever looked at the club volleyball and hockey teams in the west and northeast?
I'm pretty sure if you look back at the origin of what you're so upset about, you wouldn't find that soccer clubs across America went door to door begging people for players. On the contrary, I'll bet you'd find parents out there who were unsatisfied with middle school and high school situations and went looking for someone to provide more. I'll bet you'll find that parents went to recreational leagues at u-12 and u-10 and wanted someone to do more than what was being done. I'll bet you'll find that the club that is willing to 'back off' is also the club that finds itself asking 'how come there are kids in our town driving 1-3 hours to play somewhere else and not playing in town?' You'll also find parents and players wishing their hometown club would offer more.
