First off most of the time the clubs are enforcing the rules. Just because you can find a few examples does not mean that rules are not followed at all clubs. The same would hold true if I were to go looking for Naval Officers breaking laws. I'm betting I could find a good many examples, however I'm not going to assume that all Naval Officers are out there breaking laws.

Secondly AMA is NOT an enforcement agency empowered by the FAA. This has already been put to the test. 2019 soaring Nats. One of the CDs openly stated that he would be checking for FAA registration. As you would expect arguments followed. The end result was that the FAA issued a letter stating that AMA is not responsible for enforcing registration. In part one of the reasons stated that AMA does not have access to FAA database and could not verify. In effort to provide a good example, the pilots were asked to show up with numbers visible or during check in they were offered a peice of tape and a sharpie to write their FAA number on their sailplane. Most participants complied.