Todays youth... what is wrong with them

Well this saturday was the first track meet of the season for me and I think I did pretty well. I did not run in the masters catagory but in a D3 colloge meet. These guys are 18 tp 22 maybe 23 years old and to say the least I was very discouraged at the times I was seeing. It just seems as though the "eye for prefection" does seem to be around any more. I have noticed that there are may people over 40 competing with their sons and daughters and just not competing with them well but beating them. What do we need to do to get our youth to realize that they need to step up to the plate? Help me with this one guys. help me.