@AdamCord jumping in kind of late here but regarding Glenn Campbell, he was notified before the event and before he showed up on site that he wasn't eligible. The reason he wasn't notified sooner was because he signed up to compete in OM, not in MM or M3. No one realized that he wanted to compete in the Big Dawg as there was a record tourney on one of the other lakes at WPB. By him entering in OM it gave the impression to everyone that he was planning to ski in the R portion of the weekend.
I may be wrong but I believe that we (the Big Dawg committee members) did not learn of Adam Caldwell's interest in skiing the Little Mountain Big Dawg in August 2017 until the day before the event.
As soon as we did, we did our due diligence and learned about the BOS event. We didn't like the situation but because Adam Caldwell had competed in the event in OM and placed in the top 10 (where there was a cash prize regardless of how little the amount) then we felt we had no other choice. We immediately reached out to him to explain the situation.
Any that thinks it was an easy decision for us is absolutely wrong. Big Dawg doesn't have the numbers it once does, so to have to tell someone that wants to compete in it that they can't is a hard thing to do.