I know some parents didn't want to sacrifice THEIR summer weekends at their beach house. Guess what happen to the kid? She got pushed further down the bench, since she couldn't put in the work.
I see this type of thing a lot. It's clear which kids have parents who played sports or have older siblings who play sports and which ones don't get it. Had a girl last year who was once dropped off at our 11 AM game at 11:45 just because that's when mom felt like getting her there. We've built our program to the point where we no longer have to accept that kind of thing. Enough of our kids have parents who get it and, at the very least, get them to practices and games. We don't have to settle for people who treat the team like an optional activity during the season.