BPeterson8256:I hate seeing all the WD in Bracket tournaments too. Perhaps they should charge a small fully refundable fee that you get back just for playing. If you WD, then the collected fees could be paid out to the winners per payout rules. The WGT could keep a percentage for themselves to make it worth the trouble. ...just a thought.
I get where you're coming from on this but there may be many reasons why a player has a WD showing, only some of which are their own fault. Sure, if a player gives up in a strop because they're not playing well enough, or enters but then doen't bother to play then it's irritating. But if a player tries their best but has repeated 'Unexpected Error' screens, or a power outage, or any of the long list of WGT glitches that stops them from completing a round through no fault of their own...?
All you'll see is WD in all cases, but how do you distinguish between those who were inconsiderate and those who were forced out?
There are already pay-entry tournaments of all stripes, but unfortunately the free to enter ones will continue to have regular WD scores, that's just a fact of WGT life I'm afraid.