There's much fewer leagues being created the last few months than there were when the league thing started. And many of the leagues that are created are not actually kicking off due to timing out before they are filled. Why? Because, as several people have expressed, they are loath to join a league before finding out who else might be in the league, as no one wants to get stuck with a bunch of turds. So, the solution to that is to make it even harder to find out who you are playing against or, even more importantly, with?

To be an active player you just need to have terminated at least 5 games in the last 30 days... not a big effort, after all.