The thing is every tournament has these "special" exemptions....take Annika playing on the guy's tour and Johnny Bench getting an exemption on the SrPGA tour. Now normally they give the exemptions to Pro players that barely missed qualifying, but if they see a chance to grab bucks they will (like you said "we agree that it's all about the money"). I guess I see your point about giving the wrong impression to the youngens out there, but how many more Michelle Wie's could there be?...LOL
Thanks for the debate!