Is your first point self-fulfilling though? Like do the people who join the PDGA do so with the intent of being pro's because that's what is required for tournaments?
I mean I had a membership because I needed it to play in tournaments and worlds. I let it lapse because I don't play in tournaments and I don't need to subsidize those that do. But it the PDGA was still offering that sanctioning arm and worlds, while focusing on growing the sport I would be all over a lifetime membership. You would still have the same members who are there because of tournaments, because those people won't leave the competition but you will add a lot of members who then look at it as helping the sport, rather than helping the pros (example I always drop $10-15 at the concession stand when it goes to the youth sports my kids are playing, I never do at pro events).
Your second point comes along with your first. If the new DGPA (Disc Golf Players Association) came out and made a push to grow the game, offering themselves as a resource for schools and parks, and the people who want to get the game into schools and parks most of my league would join. Not because we have delusions of grandeur that we will turn pro and make all the money and nail all the babes, but because we would see that the Association was doing things to make all of Disc Golf better. Not just the pro game.
When all you do is poll a small group of the players you will get the answer they want, they have already self-selected as a small minority (the group that wants top-level competition in disc golf) so all their answer will serve that group. I would be more interested in a survey of all current and former members to see if the answer changed.
It's only self-fulfilling in that the people who took the poll were members. That is what they wanted. You can argue that there is a large pool of players out there who don't belong, who view it differently, and that is a valid point.
That said, I'm simply telling you what the membership of the PDGA has said, and why the PDGA has emphasized the pro side, good or bad. I would not expect an organization to conduct a poll of its membership, get back the answer, "grow the pro side," and then ignore that.
As for supporting local kids sports. World of difference between kids sports and an adult based sport. I don't go down to the local bowling alley and purchase things to support that venture. Yet I've been a volunteer coach, referee, and officer of more than one soccer club. On the other hand, I've done similar things for the PDGA, not because of its focus on the pro side, but because that is my nature.
As I've written before, I've read posts by many 920 rated Ams going on about how unfair it is, only to switch 180 when they hit 980. I don't say it's that simple, just that it isn't easy either. Clearly, competitive players argue that the focus should be where they are, whether they are Am players or Pro players.
a) Given the disaster that youth sports have become in the US, I'm all for a healthier alternative with less head to head you've got to win or get chewed on by a parent or coach. Disc golf is a great alternative IMO.
b) Setting up an organization to do that is great and I'd support it with time and money. I'm not sure you'd get a better result, see c)
c) I would not expect the PDGA to spend a large proportion of its time and resources on growing the youth sport, given the mandate the PDGA has from its membership. I'd expect them to take it seriously and push the effort. Which they do. EDGE and other efforts have done this. The PDGA had an article about putting in a course at a school just a couple of months ago.
It seems to me that the PDGA actually does support this effort, quite a bit. What is missing is on the ground support. Local activists who will take the tools provided by the PDGA and implement them. I've had the opportunity to run clinics at my son's middle school, and haven't made the time. EDGE is there, as is the grant program.
The expectation that the PDGA has the resources to get on the ground and push this at a higher level is misplaced. They don't. Most local course development and maintenance is done by local clubs and players. The PDGA gives credibility to the effort by being there. The same can be done with youth sports, it's just not. At least yet. I'm seeing some growth, mostly using the tools provided by the PDGA. Look at the efforts of Nikko, and I think it is DD who talks about youth clinics.
If I were going to start a national program to accomplish this, it would be a group that brought parents together and helped them start local youth clubs. Documents, forms, membership cards, youth tournament structure, donation practices, relationships with vendors and manufacturers. Most of all, a mission statement. "Tired of your kid feeling pressured to win, disc golf, a walk in the park." Something that directs them away from over organized over pressured youth sports. I'd also advise someone interested in this to look at summer camps. You might get a surprise. I've met twenty or thirty kids now who've played disc golf at summer camp.
Many have argued that a lot of the growth of the sport occurred due to efforts by Innova and Discraft on the tournament side. I'd argue that an equal push on the youth side might pay dividends for them. For all I know, they may be doing just that.
Most of the national programs in amateur sports didn't develop, and then push the sport. The sport grew and when it had enough weight to support a national organization, it happened. Efforts to reverse that typically fail by what I've seen. You can promote to a certain degree, but without massive funding, it's hard to do. Corporations start trends all the time, but they start them with multimillion dollar ad campaigns.
- What Chuck is saying is exactly what I'd do. Take a look at Brian's video from Park department organizing events. Credibility matters. If I want to put a course into a park, being able to point to the PDGA matters. If I want my kid's school to put in baskets, or to start a program, talking about EDGE matters. Brian took the sport to a level of professionalism that it needed IMO. 
