Level/Elo Reset (opinion seeking thread)

Due to reasons I went over a year without playing this game, and the games I played during that time were not at all similar.

Naturally, when I recently returned, my actual ability in this game did not match the Elo I had reached back when I used to play. Sure the basic mechanics came back to me faster than one picks them up the first time, but I do have to relearn a lot, plus a lot changed while I was gone so there are things I've never seen before. (Ex: I didn't even know/remember the Ashe rework until I got killed by one and asked "Wtf was that? I've never seen Ashe shoot that fast before." I actually thought they had given her a new ult at first.)

Basically when I started playing again I considered myself to be starting at level one. I don't have much time in my days for gaming so by now I'd guess I'm still under level 15. Maybe even under level 10. The only reason I didn't actually start over with a new account is I don't want to have to reacquire all the champions and stuff I already got on this one.

Anyhow my actual question I want opinions on: Do you think that if a player goes long enough without playing their Elo or even their level should be reduced to some lower value? Or all the way down to the original starting point?

Added question: Do you think I should just make a new account anyway and suffer through reacquiring all my stuff?

A thought: Anybody who feels strongly about this matter in either direction should comment as while as vote. That way the thread gets bumped, so that more people can vote and comment their opinion and thoughts, thus making Riot more likely to see the thread, and if the community is largely in favor of one way or the other, that makes Riot more likely to respond.

So far it seems the community would like this change, but the sample size is small.