Because then he can't expose the staff for the evil bastards we are, I guess. Most lawyers do consider fun a crime.

I consider getting to know people who are interested in being moderators to be a perfectly valid reason to hold a competition. There are a lot of times where we've been discussing who to make a mod and I'm like "well, I know this person but not this one..." Having competitions like this makes it easy to get to know people. Like I've already stated, this competition put quite a few more CK candidates on the map for me, even if only one or zero people actually make it. I think that's legit.