Future of RRS 17

A thread elsewhere got me thinking about RRS17. In the very long term is it possible that rule 17 could disappear as an unnecessary complication?
The point about RRS17 is that the leeward boat acquires ROW.
When the overlap starts the leeward boat is the further back of the two and she cannot change course to windward without windward's stern swinging into her, so windward is protected by RRS 15/16. Once leeward is the further ahead and windward can respond to a change of course by leeward, subject still to 16.1, is it intrinsically wrong that the ROW boat is restricted?
The counter arguments in favour of 17 include, I suppose, that it is a traditional part of the game, and also that it creates a new protest situation with debate over whether the 16.1 protection applied...

Rule 17 in its entirety is deleted for match racing.

Here is the reasoning

https://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/23215RacingRulesofSailingNewRuleC2.6-[19350].pdf

Might work for MR, with one-design boats and competitors who know the rules, particularly the rule 11/rule 16 interactions,

I note that Mark Rushal's RYA Tactics book doesn't mention rule 17 anywhere:  the assumption is that competitive (one-design) boats will pro-actively position themselves so that rule 17 never comes into effect.

OK, but for non-top-notch-competitors, in mixed fleets, I'm not convinced it is unnecessary.  Lord knows, it's not that difficult.

While there are people around still talking about 'luffing rights' and 'overtaking boats', I don't think deleting rule 17 is all that good an idea.

It certainly seems like a hang over from overtaking boat keeps clear. But it also hits a certain aspect of fair play, which isn't needed in match racing in the same way.