The only problem was that the EC couldn't see anything but $$$$$$. Had they looked at the long term situation instead, they could have seen the issues, or should I say pitfalls and problems, that were going to accompany the drones. I can speak of the issues by just looking at what happened in Seattle right at the start of the "drone craze":

• One was flown over the Seattle Center, did laps around the Space Needle at 500ft, was used to video inside apartments a few blocks away and, when it was seen, the operator brought it back, packed up and headed home before the police could catch him
• One was flown over the Seattle waterfront where it was flown into the Seattle "Big Wheel". The owner didn't try to retrieve it but, rather, left it behind with a broken prop rather than be fined for flying it illegally

Both of these flights were in areas within a few blocks of FAA approved helipads and some of those were at medical facilities. Had the EC been paying attention to just THOSE TWO INCIDENTS that were shown on the national news programs, rather than just looking at $$$$, it should have been an easy call to say "We fly airplanes and helicopters, not those things" to the FAA and avoided the whole problem they are now dealing with.
The issues with what's going to be legal and what's not are the reason I have put all my aircraft on a "back burner" until it all plays out, probably in federal court