You’re entitled to your opinion, but I speak as a parent whose son has been involved in 3 DA programs, and am familiar with many more because I know coaches or am good friends with guys whose sons happen to be some of the top players in DA. The coaching was fantastic, the competition was great, it was incredible. The coaching made my kid better. Isn’t that what DA is about?
The downsides were the travel, which was ridiculous IMO, and he had a hard time dealing with the selfish nature of DA players. The travel and the lack of the ball can grind you down in DA but the cream of the crop should emerge from DA.
You can’t pronounce a death sentence on a program that’s taken a long time and a lot of effort to get going, and has undergone several modifications on the way. The level of boys youth NT has risen.
I actually believe the girls will benefit more from DA. The US churns so many girls through its system compared to rest of the world any improvement in technical training for the girls will have a huge impact.