I appreciate your take on this & your call for some data to prove it could drive pack sales.
I personally do believe it will drive more pack sales as it creates a huge benefit to buying them in presale 2. The staking rewards in presale 1 drove me to personally buy many packs, its anecdotal data only at this point but I know many others were the same. This 20m distribution drives cost per pack down alot for presale 2 buyers and the project could really do with a boost in pack sales (271k sold so far).
More pack sales would have the effect that you desire (wider distribution of the tokens). It would have to be done in tandem with the MLS season launch and some marketing to get eyes on this project though ofc.