Problem is that so many see nothing wrong in it and that means it continues to grow. There was a great example on another board recently on the topic of Cleo's recent problems. If you get enough people saying something is OK then those new to the industry look at their peers, see that it's OK for them to do it and 'accepted' (in those circles) so do it themselves and the circle grows
As for the crap submits - yep. Shit loads of them are appearing now. Always has been a problem with TGP galleries but now it's growing huge with free sites too. Perhaps TGP is getting too tough for cheats and spammers to make a dime on so they see LL's as easier pickings?