AZ: I guess you’ve never met the Lakewood R”Y then? They are maintaining the “freezer” even after the whole NASI awareness.
It seems you feel each yachid marrying with a big age differential has a ripple effect on the rabbim. So it seems even without saying so that this attitude places blame on each yachid who marries with an age gap.
Can you please clarify your point b)? You weren’t clear.