Bill of CacheLess wrote:
 
I think that's an awesome idea, but wouldn't the financial reward convert the finder into a professional geocacher thereby knocking them out of a chance to compete when geocaching becomes an Olympic sport?  ;-)
 
Are you thinking that Jim Thorpe and Jesse Owens are still competing in the Olympics?  
 
Professionals have been competing in the Olympics since 1992.  The old amateur rules are long gone.

Ken