[aldowyn]

My definition of "Gracious Professionalism" is being fair, courteous, and respectful to your competitors and teammates. What's under debate, as far as I'm concerned, is whether this kind of tactic is "fair", and I personally believe that its an unfair manipulation of the system. The simple fact that this is even something remotely possible does seem to signal an issue with said system, but nothing's perfect and as far as I can tell it's a pretty specific, out-there situation.