What sort of system administration needs that sort of root access ?

Also it's not just a security issue - when logged in as root you can
cause untold damage if not 100% sure of what you are doing. I've hear
it said that even very experienced Linux users tremble at the thought
of root access and what it can do It's all too easy to either
wreck the OS itself or inadvertently open up a vulnerability that you
won't be aware of.

Do it if you must but be prepared to wipe and re-load if/when it all
goes bad.

cb> There's really no point in typing 'sudo' several hundred times