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The best way to bring your DL up is to not DL. That quote came from Rippetoe, I believe.
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No, Bill Starr actually as per my journal.
Beginners and intermediates probably shouldn't get away from deadlifting IMHO. For many others, that statement is true. I could walk away from deadlifting for months, come back, and not miss a beat... Which was what Ross is talking about in his ellaboration. If I'm doing heavy squats, gluteham's, ect ect ect and increasing weight, I don't need to bother deadlifting to know it's getting increased. Heavy sled dragging people!
Even when I was powerbuilding, I dropped deads for a few mesocycles, came back, and in a few weeks of a strength cycle with IA hit a new all time record.
Getting to the question. Pro's have very big supplement cabinets if you catch my drift. They don't need to increase their GH and testosterone production w/ deadlifts lol. They can make a living doing hammer strength shrugs whereas the other 75% of us would be much better served with the full body compounds that made this nation great! Additionally, remember the pro's already have the muscle mass that they got DOING deadlifts. So they're worried more about aesthetics at that point... Which is funny since they incorperate so much HGH that they have pot bellies w/ abs lol.