Surely you can see how punting the problem back to academia is not a long-term solution. The industry keeps on being an old-boys club that way, and academia can select only for people who are willing to put up with that aspect.
On the contrary. The problem (if you consider it a problem) is one of supply, not demand. So the only long-term solution is to increase the supply, not create an artificial demand.
That's what I'm saying though, punting it back to academia doesn't increase the general supply, it only increases the supply with a smaller subset of people who are willing to put up with the "old-boys network" aspect for their entire career.