" can't help but wonder if Legume had not been one of the contenders whether this issue would have been raised to this level, or if it would have been raised at all! " welp it has come up in the past and i have spoken out on it in the past but it never reached this level before shrug . I guess i made your point! For whatever it's worth- if this is what it takes to get contests run fairly and equitably then that's a good thing, in my opinion.