Competitive baseball is now available year around. To blame the organizations that provide it as the problem is ludicrous. If you choose to have your kid pitch competitively year round - that's on you. I personally think that the availability is fantastic. It gives incredible scheduling flexibility for those attempting to make it to the next level. It allows a kid ans his parents to have choices as to when they take a break and when they schedule off-season work. However, in my experience, I have seen very few (in fact, can't think of one kid) who actually pitch a 12 month schedule or anything close to it.