Its a contact sport, footy, but lots of things have changed over the years to make it safer for those who play it. This is just another thing that can help and if it doesn't cost too much and there is no discernable affect on cricket to an unbiased eye then why not?
The way I see it if you take the same dirt & the same grass & make the same preparation then you get the same wicket. Its a skill but its hardly splitting the atom.
Btw I was a better cricket player than a footballer and have followed both keenly for many years but the argument regarding drop-ins brings out the worst in cricket buffs who neatly forget that for most of test and first-class cricket history the game was played on uncovered pitches. Then they make out that a change to drop-ins will 'rune the game'.
Agreed, played cricket for many years, like footy better, but still wouldn't like to see crcket disadvantaged, it appears to me that drop in pitches won't, use the same dirt and grass, and you should see the same type of pitch.
Manage and co-coach my sons club and district cricket team, it is not a code war for me, but it sure sounds like it for some cricket lovers.