Does that sound a little like:
‘Aww, the poor darlings, they’re never going to win anything, let’s set up a competition and weight it so heavily in their favour, one of them will be able to say they won a writing competition and they’ll all be happy.’
Oh my goodness...that's exactly how I see it as well! I want to scream about how insulting that sounds...the "they" is no less capable so please stop treating "them" like they are! No one should be excluded and no one should be patronized.
It would be awesome if that ever happened. As @cecicastor said, I can't see that happening in my lifetime.