Others have left and one in particular posted she was not going to post anymore, so something is not welcoming to them. I don't blame them for not staying. And yes, we want our kids, ahem former players, out of the house and making money, so we should support them in that too, and not call it a ploy. We got others running business out of here!
Any time we have someone come on here and post an ad for their business without contributing anything else it is either moved to the announcements section or taken down. The rules of this forum are clear. You can't just advertise your services. You must add other value.
The purpose of this forum is not to help former players make money. It is to encourage the exchange of ideas, techniques, opinions and so forth around fastpitch softball. Perhaps what you should do is start your own forum that is limited only to former players. Then you can have it be the way YOU think it should be.