I agree it makes sense.
I was just thinking that I really had to put a lot of effort into it to get to 40SP within 6 months. And I did have a little bit of luck. So I figured if someone only spends 2-3 hours per week on Steemit, it would probably take 1-4 years before one has 40 SP. Anyways if that's the case they should just mention it and the organizer of a contest can decide to provide a wildcard or not....