It is not about the prizes. I think it is more about bragging rights than anything. Even mine was a fun entry since I'm not a NA citizen and 97 winning would have guaranteed a Top 10 finish for me looking at the leaderboard today (I was at 17 yesterday).
This is more than just about money. It would have been immensely satisfying just being on the leaderboard at the end of the contest. It just sucks that it happened because 97 was handicapped in its pic presentation rather than being fairly beaten by the better year (which 2001 is just not in gamefaqs contest strength).
Anyways a lot of people received the short end of the stick with match pics this contest so I can't act like the only victim here.
Fave Five: 1. Rollins 2. Owens 3. Styles 4. Lesnar 5. Ambrose