This is unfortunately true. The best players, that really want to play, play travel ball. If they can afford the monetary and time commitments. Then you have your second tier players or players who just can't commit to 40 games in two months are left to play on crappy rec league/county league teams with kids that just don't give a crap and it does nothing for them. A vast majority of the 2nd Tier players are also playing travel ball all summer, too. On the plus side, this development eliminates the stranglehold that high school coaches have on a players' future & development. There are of course some great high school coaches in Wisconsin, but there's a lot of really poor high school coaches too. Players now have the opportunity to get trained by former pros and former college players, and don't have to rely on only their high school program to get seen and get opportunities to play college Baseball. With travel ball & showcase opportunities, kids have lots of options to get better and advance.