Ed- To answer your question in a word, No. Ones ability to swing any club isn't as important as reading the lay of the land and creating the perfect shot required under the current circumstance. If one is presented with straight shot after straight shot that requires little imagination one's juices will dry-out quickly and maybe thats what this whole 'returning to values of the masters' movement, is about.
Plus, if we mix-up the justifications 'for' the argument, by including what us mere mortals hit, the need is definitly not there. Part of the observation, that it won't fly is because you can't ask 'Joe' to go shorter. He won't! It's not in his make-up or is it his desire.
Perhaps the members of the clubs that are most adversely affected and that have a high enough percentage of members that are truly "eating up" their own course, will the idea, on a limited basis, fly.
Just not enough to make the world go round $$$$$