It will make them almost unhireable everywhere. Even outside their field, they're still a risk. They've now got a very public "troublemaker" label.

The prizes would also have to be pretty large. We're talking "never have to work again" large, because that's a very real possibility, or at least a very real perceived concern.

We're talking people who make a good living. For people not close to retirement, it's probably a multi-million dollar number. At $200k/year, that's $2 million per decade, and not including potential raises. After you pay income taxes on the prize, you probably need it to be close to $10m to break even.