Legion is dying across the country, but still strong in some places. I'm in Nebraska and the high school spring season is short and cold. Legion essentially picks up the day school ends. Here its effectively a continuation of the high school season. Same players, same teams, same coaches. Different uniforms that are paid for by the sponsor. But it's certainly not free. Costs about a grand and that does not include any travel costs of which there is usually a little/some. The boys here typically hold the Legion portion of the season in higher regard. It's warmer, everyone is in prime shape, and there are more total games. It's much better baseball then we see in the spring.
Having said all that, we can all see Legion dying here right before our eyes. Travel ball is taking over and putting off a lot of the high school coaches because a portion of the top talent is skipping Legion ball in favor of travel ball in summer. I'm sure it's no different everywhere around the country, but we have some crazy parents in the area. It seems just about every parent and player around here believes they're cut out for college ball so more defections from Legion to travel ball keep occurring. Parents have been shelling out $3K+ a year for their kids to play USSSA-based travel ball since the ages of 7 and 8, so there's no surprise with what is happening.