I don't think the issue was ever about judges getting paid (or not).
Moreso, it was about the very nature and structure of the events, that seem to make judging the products fairly virtually impossible.
Perhaps they did indeed set out to accomplish a certain goal, and that their intentions were noble (I am willing to concede this much and give them the benefit of a doubt) but the way things were implemented, what really ended up being achieved seemed to be a rather far cry from whatever it was they had hoped to achieve in the first place!
It has been said that justice must not only been fair, but also perceived as fair. Same analogy applies here,
IMO. Maybe the judges feel their judging methods are fair, but as an outsider, I am not sharing their sentiments...
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