That's also true. In a transparent decision-making machine, hopefully the response is, "We think A will be a small problem, and B and C won't be a problem at al

That's also true. In a transparent decision-making machine, hopefully the response is, "We think A will be a small problem, and B and C won't be a problem at all." Of course, we can still be wrong, no matter what form our decision-making process takes. Perhaps the group that set up this contest expected some PR risk, but didn't expect it to be as severe as it was. If they were not aware of the possibility of PR risk, that would indicate a pretty severe error in their thinking. But we just don't really know whether that's the case or not. It's not observable from outside the system.