Overjustification: The reason bad critics are wrong!

There is a rising debate in today's society that reflects upon the use of Overjustification. Overjustification - When external reinforcement reduces internal motivation when rewards are provided regardless of quality of performance. Example: 13 kids compete at a track meet in the 100 meter dash; First, second, and third place completely dominated the race, yet all 13 kids (including last place) receive the same reward (a blue ribbon). This is typically called the Overjustification Effect. The kids who all got beat in the race will need some form of motivation to keep their confidence up. After all, the just got their feelings hurt by losing so bad.
Overjustification has many critics, some good and some bad. The bad critics believe that Overjustification creates a false sense of success in a child. Which in hand could have terrible effects on a child as they get older and life becomes less forgiving. However, the good critics believe the complete opposite. They believe that as a child is growing up, he or she should experience what it feels like to have success. In turn, this will make them strive harder later in life to satisfy that feeling of success inside them.
Overjustification cannot be considered “bad” by any means. If children grow up losing at everything they have ever tried to do, there confidence level will most likely be little to none. A child must confront failure, as well as success to have to have an optimum amount of work ethic.
Systematically, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Ovejustification. There is a reason why this form of motivation is in society today. There are proven results that show children strive for success in an overjustification system. Overjustification is something new to society; it will just take a while for the bad critics to realize how good Overjustification really is.