Yes, there are many rewards for behaviour that have led to the incentivizing of bad. Every gets a participation award is one that has led to a generation of people who expect prizes for any types of behaviour.
How do we reinvent this wheel?
With a hammer? :)
Yes, entitlement is another word you use often that resonates with where that generation's mind is at too! I was on the losing team in every sport I played in. I would have thrown a trophy for losing in the trash!
Throwing the Hammer Down!!!