City championships won't have big enough prizes to warrant the need to limit previous winners. State championships won't either. I can't imagine Nintendo will pay for free trips for every state plus various others in other countries. But, I might be wrong.
That said, I think it's ABSOLUTELY unsportsmanlike to play in successive large-scale tournaments (like the Challenges) if you're a already a winner. Plus, the whole idea about handing down prizes to the next place finisher is STUPID. Prizes go to the winners, NOT the runners-up. So, IMO, the only option is to restrict previous winners from EVER participating in a neighboring tournament the next day/week (if the prize is going to be something like a free trip to Worlds). WOTC did it the right way after the fiasco at the NC Challenge a while back.
That said, I think it's ABSOLUTELY unsportsmanlike to play in successive large-scale tournaments (like the Challenges) if you're a already a winner. Plus, the whole idea about handing down prizes to the next place finisher is STUPID. Prizes go to the winners, NOT the runners-up. So, IMO, the only option is to restrict previous winners from EVER participating in a neighboring tournament the next day/week (if the prize is going to be something like a free trip to Worlds). WOTC did it the right way after the fiasco at the NC Challenge a while back.
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