Editing contest for fun and prizes

Hi eveyone,
I'm sorta curious: Has it been done, or been suggested in the past, to have an adobe forum video editing contest ?  Something like a 60 second AVI as the final cut (like a TV commercial) and AVI files for source videos, plus sound etc  ??
I was (in my never ending quest for video file samples to practice editing and learning this program (pr cs3 pro)) all over the web yesterday and one of the places I went to was Panavision NY.
I got to thinking that there is quite a lot of competition now between editing software companies ( in various levels of content and product placement) and it would be pretty cool to try to get some sponsors and contributions to have an Adobe competition / contest.
Prizes could be free software, free upgrade, maybe some hardware (depending on sponsors?) ...that sort of thing.
Judges could be maybe 3 people who are professionals ?
60 second thing could be to sell a product or a promo for a TV show, or a movie, or something like that ?? I would guess that an already on air TV show would be easiest to get material for due to copyrights and all that...
Anyone have any ideas ??  Does this sound dumb ?
Rod

Chuck,
Yeah, great idea !  Although I know there are a lot of really good pro's in these forums to do great stuff, I (at the moment) am a newbee and don't have a clue how to even do simple edits yet.  I don't know the conrols and specs and definitions and .....well, just about everything come to think of it.
But I don't see anything getting in the way of throwing out some ideas about getting people together to work on something that could be fun and instructive at the same time, for those who could "compete" ...  would be a blast.  I don't know about you, but doing even a simple edit, when I finally look at it finished, makes me laugh from the joy of it.....  I don't know why. There's something just plain fun about it.
Odd, you mention the key thing:
Yesterday I worked on a 2nd unit "Gossip Girl" shoot (dolly grip) at a stage in Queens. There was a cyc painted green, floor green, and two big butterfly frames ( about 30' x 30' ) stetched with green screen on both sides of the cyc (to extend it on the sides).  Basically it was some models doing the model walk from one side to the middle, pause, do a pose for the single camera ( HD Cam ), continue walk to other side, and then back to one.  Like a banana move to the camera and then back to one straight across upstage.  Then some inserts (close ups, medium close ups) of the models moving VERY SLOWLY....bringing hand to hip, pocket book up to front of body, stuff like that..... I didn't look at script or storyboards but it looks to me like the thing was basically someone's POV and the slow mo stuff was probably a character thinking, " Oh, That pocket book gives me an idea for what to wear to the big party tomorrow"...something like that.
Anyway, I think I boomed up and down about 20 times but dolly stayed in one spot the whole day.  Had to drink a lot of coffee.
This is the type of stuff that gets me thinking, "If some corporate type guys got together with some producers (exec, not below the line) to have a relationship regarding product promotion, I think it would be a win for everyone. The show gets publicity, the product guys (adobe for example) get another foot into the real world of productions and a lot of good publicity too...  I'm sure they are already into all kinds of relationships with people, but wouldn't it be cool to parlay that into a kind of artistic and technical competition among it's forum members ??? Many of whom are really more than qualified to do the best editing anyone's ever seen ??   This just seems to me a perfect match...
So, keep looking for that green thing and maybe I can learn something....     : P
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