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Kevin, you raise a good point about book sales, etc., but as for the "one year per setup" idea, I think Fischer's original plan was to avoid the opening theory discussion altogether. If everyone studied one particular random setup for a year, I'll bet White's advantage would be exploited even moreso than it is in the standard setup.
With a random setup, determined just before the game starts, you can just look at a random position between two players and enjoy the actual battle of minds in that moment. The match would be 100% performance-based, instead of being so preparation-based.