Schools have been bullied into dropping it by boosters not because it isn't effective, but because the boosters are convinced that they will be become irrelevant. The opposite is true. Every school that has abandoned the option has never regained the same level of success without it.
If what you say is true that the offense is run be lesser skilled players, that just makes it even more impressive to me as a system.
It also offers insurance from NIL poaching and Coaching poaching.