Tell me one, only one succesful defender on the top. Maybe Koji Matsushita. Why should the controllers change that game? Everybody could use thin sponges if they wanted to use. Its free to opt but the defensive style simply cannot have result nowdays. The problem is not in the equipment but in the head.
The Hungarian football was famous. Now nobody is interested in football in Hungary. But we don't want to change the grass or the number of players. And what is about the ice hockey. Its also too fast, but nobody wants to put sand on the ice...

Everithing is relative