First, to Joseph. The terms Gail and Gasoline handprint, as you use them are meaningless. There was a time when calling someone with the honorific ” Hagoan” meant something because it was reserved for truly chashuvah Rabbis and Rosh yeshivas. However, as time went by, the term became commonplace and thus meaningless. That is what is happening with Gadol Hador. Everyone cannot be a Gadol or the term will become meaningless.
With regard to the Asifa, what purpose is being served? Will the draft law be changed? No. Will bochrum who continue to register and follow the rules continue to get deferments? Yes. Will a considerable amount of money be spent on the Asifa that could have been put to better use supporting the impoverished families of bochrim learning in Israeli yeshivas? Yes