It wasn't the kids who ruined the league, but those who ran the league and allowed all of these kids to play on the same team.

And when you say these kids didn't want to work to get better? These are 9-12 year old KIDS! You allow these kids to play when they can. Little League baseball isn't a year round thing. Not ALL 9-12 year old kids can nor want to make that sort of committment. To deny those kids the chance to play because some of the "so-called" better kids are willing to play year round is ludicrous. And then when some do play, and they are playing against a pre-loaded team and getting beat every game, that isn't fun for the others.

Yes, you can blame parents to some degree. But not at the point you made. Parents should push their kids to get better?? Yes, some parents can work with their kids to get better. But Little League is meant to be FUN! Not all kids are going to go on to play High School baseball. In fact, if you have a solid league, I'm willing to say only about 20% will play ball at the high school level. The regular season is meant to be fun by all the kids. At the end of the season, that is when you can get your "all-stars" together to play with one another.