"That's not true in some cases. Some of these teams are select teams....many of the kids on the "all star" team are from the same select/travel team. I know of two little leagues that select their "all stars" before the season even starts. They have dedicated all star coaches that practice this group of kids all during the regular season and they play regular little league games with their LL teams during week nights and play select/travel tournaments most weekends. By the time the real all star tournaments begins in late June, the team has been playing and practicing together all year. They play the minimum required number of LL games to qualify for all stars. And these two LL teams have made the LLWS in recent years."
Surely noone is suggesting that anyone would cheat to win a youth baseball tournament. I just can't imagine that.