"By ‘understandable’ I suspect she means ‘cowardly.’"

Should Dangerous Sports Be Banned?

"The American Academy of Pediatrics believe that the problem should be dealt with by ensuring adult supervision of games, more coaching of players so that they tackle better, that physical therapists should be employed to increase the strength of the neck muscles of the young players and that certified trainers should be present at all games.

The author says, ‘It is understandable that the AAP has promulgated policy recommendations that seek to minimize the harm of tackle football as it is currently played, given the cultural predominance of football in the United States.’ By ‘understandable’ I suspect she means ‘cowardly.’  

Perhaps the only answer to injury in sport is to ban it altogether. Then the emergency departments of hospitals could get on with their real work, which is to say attending to drunks and drug-addicts."