I do ponder this, because I find it fascinating from a sociological/psychological perspective. The RnRHoF is a microcosm of American life in 2021. No, really, it is. Some vocal subset of the larger population decrees that something is worthy (or beneficial, or just, or moral, if you will) and the remainder react; the remainder who agree latch onto the existence as proof of their being "right" (or smart, or moral) and those that disagree or who are left on the outside dismiss the integrity of the premise to start with, often, though not always, with a dismissiveness to the people involved or benefitting from the premise.
The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame is about the "us" and the "them", and the "us", the insiders, lord their superiority over the "them".
Dave Marsh, insider, famously decrees that "Kiss will get in over my dead body" - implying that no facts, no information will trump his opinion. And they don't, until usurpers get in, new blood with a different viewpoint, and they are elected perfunctorily and only the core original members. Seymour Stein, former head of Sire Records, pimps his artist roster, filling the hall with lesser acts like The Pretenders, Talking Heads, The Ramones and The Cure. The precursor of the "with us or against us" mentality, furthered by Jann Wenner. Why else is the liberal West Coast country-rock scene over-represented? Why else is Bob Seger, who is at best a John Mellencamp/Bruce Springsteen knock-off, in and Alice Cooper - another Detroit blue-collar artist with right-wing associations and who single-handedly started an entire GENRE, late to the party? Why else is the 80's "Amnesty International" squad of The Police, Dire Straits, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, REM, and U2 all in but Phil Collins - who outsold all of them BOTH solo and with Genesis, but ran into political backlash in the 90's - not? Why is the E-Street Band in AS A SEPARATE ARTIST, despite having never put out a stand alone album, and every member of the Grateful Dead is in, including two members that never appeared on a studio record proper (Constantin and Hunter), and yet Kiss, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple have all had to exclude key, important band members at the unilateral whim of the Hall? Patty Smith, nuff said?