I do get the knee-jerk reaction - it can seem atypical in artistic gymnastics. It is an interesting discussion.
Big picture though, I think it may actually be a good thing for the sport. I grew up in gymnastics but had a sibling who played "mainstream" sports in and out of school - soccer, baseball, basketball, football. Similarly, I have one gymmie and one baseball/soccer/pee-wee football player now. I look at the latter - they play in different leagues (and school teams), have different coaches and teammates each season, attend clinics and camps with all sorts of instructors and athletes from other leagues, have private sessions with specialists... the exposure is just much more broad. Different coaching styles, different knowledge and skill sets, opportunities to play different roles in teams with different makeups, different atmospheres... In artistic gymnastics on the other hand, coaches and gyms have traditionally "owned" the process for a given gymnast to an extent. One coach (especially if they're a head coach or gym owner) can utterly dominate the entire experience in the sport for a gymnast for their entire career, and a difficult situation at a single gym has resulted in more than one parent here watching their young athlete leave the sport entirely. Maybe moving away from that tradition could be a good thing? The skill progressions, technique, and specialist knowledge required for gymnastics mean it will (and should) never be exactly like a sport such as youth baseball, but perhaps pulling in some of those aspects will be beneficial.