Honestly, does it matter who "wins" the youth league? Isn't the league about player development?
Players will progress into better leagues on their individual skills/ merits. Not wherher or not they were part of a title winning team a year/few years ago.
I must not have expressed it well because you COMPLETELY missed my point. I don't give a rat's arse who wins the youth league, but as a development league I do think every opportunity to influence every aspect of the youth league environment is important - including competition rules. As I asked, what do we want to reward for players at this age? Surely we want to reward play that is creative, attack-minded, goal-oriented.