Does no one remember the Claudio Reyna/US Soccer development guidelines and curriculum? Coaches and technical directors changed, and it was thrown away before it even had a chance to be tried.
My point is, looking for some savior from above is nothing new, and that savior will survive, at best, a single coaching cycle. Too short to matter.
Kids need to learn fundamental skills, focus on their first touch, over and over again. Our coaching at the younger ages needs to be focused on that, as well as playing freely using those skills. We do not need yet another book full of over-complicated drills that take half of practice to explain to players and for them to understand, and longer to get right. Or having young kids play some forced formations at u8-u12, stifling their creativity, as well as reducing the opportunities for them to learn by doing (and from their mistakes).
Soccer is the beautiful game because of all those special moments that happen during a game, moments that should be celebrated at the younger ages a lot more than the score at the end of a game. Moments that require touch, creativity, taking risks, working together, and often the experience of getting it wrong the first few times.
It took me around 8 years and 3 soccer players to understand this. And since then, I have enjoyed the games a lot more, as have my kids.
Pay to play? Making a misguided system less expensive or free, as unrealistic as that might be, does not solve the problem.