1. This is not up to USA Boxing, it is in the hands of AIBA. While it has been discussed at AIBA level, it is doubtful that it will happen. It is also a myth that the headgear has anything to do with AM boxings popularity. Football, Ice Hockey, Nascar come to mind as huge spectator sports where helmets don't seem to be a problem to anyone.
2. Again: This is up to AIBA, not USA Boxing, so in short, it seems like Kevin Iole is not quite up to par with how things work in amateur boxing.
The old scoring system wasn't any better. scoring by rounds of whoever you like better (like in the pro's) is completely arbitrary, and impossible to hold the judges accountable for. The current scoring system is an attempt to objectify scoring, which, in any sport, is a very important factor for fair decisions. Keep in mind that the old scoring system, which was similar to the pro scoring, was ousted because of much worse judging than what we are seeing now (although the scoring's been pretty bad this time around). There are reforms of the scoring system coming up.
3. More wishful thinking. Unless Iole himself is gonna pay NBC to put Olympic boxing on prime time NBC, that is not going to happen.
4. Dictatorship is always a risky solution, and rarely the right one. Whi's the candidate, and what can be done when/if he makes an even bigger mess of things?
5. Iole needs to learn a thing or two about sports sociology. USA boxing has plenty of talent to choose from, it's the development of this talent that is important (Much smaller countries, with smaller populations, and less boxers are doing better than the US). A big factor of why this is not being done succesfully enough, is that most coaches and fighters in the US don't take amateur boxing seriously. It is only a stepping stone to the pro's, so training wise, it's the pro's that are emulated, and this is just not effective, when you come up against the best amateurs in the world, because there are vast differences between what works in the ams and the pros, concerning style, tactics, and pace. It's a different sport.
6. The former stars are mostly concerned with making even more money, ie. taking, not giving. Don't expect them to save amateur boxing.
7. This has been tried. It's called the Residency program, where the boxers who have qualified, have been required to go to camp in Colorado for the last year leading up to the Olympics. This ties into what I mentioned in 5. The personal coaches and the boxers didn't want to really do this, and it's been one big drama all the way, with Luis Yanez being kicked off the team, and then reistated, as on example. Not a success!
In short, Iole shows off his own ignorance about what's going on in amateur boxing, and offers no viable solutions.