Salmo has it. Bought and paid for legislators make the policy decisions long before NOF. We do have the power ($) to get policy made more in our favor, but in order to realize that dream, we'd have to be willing to compromise on the dumb issues that divide sport fishers and open up our wallets, and those are two things we've shown we're not inclined to do. (Not suggesting I think it's okay that anyone with enough money can buy the political outcomes they want; just stating the reality of why NOF is the joke it has become.)