I agree with you but that's shortsighted.
There enough developers who let fans participate in their future installments.
In the past the lack of licenses proved a blessing in disguise for Konami, because people all over the world started making their own kits, faces, balls and even stat for players...i'm sure there enough people who actually spend more time editing than playing.
If konami is really clever (they aren't) they should use that to their advantage: letthe best kit makers develop your kits, same for faces etc...As fot the stats, that could turn out to be a fantastic online mode: let people create their own players and play leagues with them (with a maximum amount of stat points for a team, this has been done by PES sites).