We can say whatever we want about the problems of distance today and who it might effect and who it might not but when people like those mentioned start to get concerned about things, whatever their reasons may be, something will probably happen somehow with the ball or equipment eventually!
Obviously there needs to be more influential people involved than just those mentioned but they have a way of generating their own "critical mass" of influential opinion and then things will start to happen because they're the ones who have the most influence on those that make the decisions!
But that influence has to be qualified today far more than yesteryear. Those people mentioned have influence with people of the regulatory bodies. In the past they had influence with the people of the regulatory bodies and the decision makers of the manufacturers too but not today with the manufacturers!
The attitude of the manufacturers is what has really changed dramatically in golf today from yesteryear! In the past everyone knew each other and they got along to a large degree. But the attitude, aggressiveness, adverserialness, disrespectfulness of the manufacturers today towards the regulatory bodies would make the relationship of manufacturers to regulatory bodies of yesteryear look like one of loving blood brothers.
A man like Eli Callaway's approach to the long term best interests of the game was about the absolute pits, but someone like Wally U is scarcely better!
Ordinarily I wouldn't really know something like that, only sense it, but last year I ran into one of the fairly long time players in the golf manufacturing business and on this subject he said in his career in the business the difference in the relationship of the manufacturers to the regulatory bodies compared to yesteryear is like night and day. He even said the difference in the relationships of the manufacturers toward each other compared to yesteryear is like night and day.
This appeared to be a very resilient man but he said it's truly shocking what a dog eat dog world the golf equipment manufacturing business has become today.