Baba, being in club soccer for a decade now. It was obvious the DA clubs were selling DAII as sizzle. I posted that a month or so back. History repeats itself, example ECNL had to find a league for their B teams and Walid (Slammers) came up with EGSL. How was it NOT obvious that DAII was the same? Mahrez and Younothat who have son's playing Boys DA posted it many, many, many times.
Posters want to believe what they want to believe, because club coaches are selling on a parents emotion aka their DDs.
I think there is validity to what you are saying in some organizations. I, for one, have heard and seen that dog and pony show perpetuated at several different clubs for years. EGSL was the worst IMHO. I would be fine with DAII playing in SCDSL, frankly, which I don't think has been ruled out just yet. What will annoy me is if it turns into some joke of a spring league that prevents a decent team from competing in National Cup or National League.