Lets have this chat again in five years when perhaps your DD has struggled with injury for two years, loves the sport, still wants to compete and have all the same opportunities as the healthy gymnasts.
These kids are not Olympics bound, we are talking about JO, and these girls work just as hard.
Read the thread in the parents forum about the little girl who was told that even though she qualified to States, she cannot go due to injury. Now if she could specialize maybe she'd still be going.
Gymnastics is a children's sport on the womens side, there are very few WAG gymnasts competing past 18 years of age. To encourage kids to stay involved is a great thing. Elitism is great, but it isn't lucrative enough to support the coaches in the USA! Diversification is the name of the game, to keep kids in and also to keep people in jobs.
Just another take on it.....