I can’t believe that adults of both sexes are whining and equating “lack of age” with cheating.
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That’s quite a stretch.
Breaking posted rules is cheating. The rules said no minors, he participated anyway, that’s cheating. Really the dumb part is not carrying it through, if he was going to use his dad’s e-mail to pose as an adult he should have stuck with that ID, then dad “wins” and nobody is the wiser. By trying to have it both ways (faking his ID to enter, but being open when he wins) he hosed himself.
I didn't say "cheating", I said "ineligible". Those rules are there because it's generally illegal to award contest prizes to minors - most often, if a minor is allowed to enter, it has to be with a) a parent or guardian's permission, and b) the award is made to the parent or guardian, not the minor.