Interesting post! QUESTION: What are ya'lls experiences with polygraph? Most of the contests I've been in locally have included the lie detector, and that seems to make things seem a little more fair, for a couple of reasons:
1. If you are caught lying, other contestants are probably going to whip your a$$.
2. And second, if you are overwhelmingly believed to be lying, other contestants are going to whip your a$$, and you will never be allowed in the contest again.
I'm not saying that is what I believe is right, but that the way it is sometimes. (I have never seen personaly a person whipped at a contest, but have heard stories, so don't quote me!!) But the polygraph I think helps. If the people running the contest believe that they are losing the integrity of the contest because of cheating, they will make it as hard as possible to cheat. If you dislike the way it is being run, then don't enter it. I have no idea about the contest ya'll are speaking of, don't get me wrong. I am just mentioning my experience with local contests.
Most of the cheating I've heard of is with heavy animal side pots, and baiting animals. Also, how much money is at stake in the contest ya'll are talking about?! Must be alot the way it sounds. The most I've seen won locally is around 4000 dollars, a huge amount in my eyes!!!