No, I don't think it's a good idea. Minnows are already ignored and left behind and will never have a chance to win any awards.

If you create a reward system it will be a great distraction where the top whales will only focus on themselves even more and leave the little fish out. What should be worked on is how to help the little fish rise.

You would think that the big fish started out as minnows and would certainly know how it feels to be a bottom feeder and help the little fish out. But they have become smug, it seems.