I agree this VIP lottery thing is annoying, but before you castigate Rush check out what other bands are selling through VIP Nation:
https://v2.iloveallaccess.com/tours/eagles/...f65e412VwD3ZQtv
Those prices are truly insane. The current Rush ticket prices by comparison are only kind of insane.
I bought a musictoday presale ticket for the San Antonio show, row 16 for $147. That is expensive. The VIP were $325, that is even more expensive, but at least they aren't $500 for first 20 rows like those Eagles tix I linked to above.