They say "hey if you want to teach a class using X, we'll sponsor it." A competitor can complete for that sponsorship. So long as it's done on direct merit of

They say "hey if you want to teach a class using X, we'll sponsor it." A competitor can complete for that sponsorship. So long as it's done on direct merit of the value, there's no problem. Anti-competitive would be providing products or services and forcibly leveraging that into an unrelated contract.