An exception could surely be made if the staff decided that it would be a good idea to approve this proposal by the OP. I doubt it though. Something like the WO thread that has its own set of rules (or no rules).
I think such a board would just be a paradise for spammers, and strict board moderation is not something we can expect if we take into account what happened in the Press board.
We have strict moderation in the Mining boards. Many people don't like it, but try and post something with no value, discuss something off-topic, or about GPU-mining and you will see what happens. A moderator can be strict if he chooses to. The Press board is a place where a firmer hand would be welcome.
I might even agree with such a board, but only if the rights to post there would be clearly defined, that is, if they should be approved in advance individually for each member of the forum who would request it.
That might be too complicated. Instead, whoever moderates that place can just ban those from the sub who spam and don't respect the rules. We have seen that being done in the Technical Bitcoin subs, when the mod decided to sanction certain members by removing their posting rights.