Speaking as a professional (albeit dormant) photog, it wouldn't be right to not compensate someone for his/her images. I understand your sentiments but no one should ever give image rights away for zero compensation.Would the photographers need to be compensated? I have won twice, and would happily donate my pictures without the need for compensation. Can't speak for everyone.
Distribution is the fly in your beer; transatlantic postage can be prohibitive. And as for tariffs.....
To your other point - the logistics of selling stuff on the forum is a PITA. Well, for @Stu_Barnes at least. The markup on things is very small by design so we can provide for our community - there certainly isn't any BS Grenadier tax from us. But truth be told, it basically comes down to one guy to handle orders, package, and ship things out - all while having a real job, wife, two kids, house, dog, cat ... and a crappy podcast that is hard to find time for because his hapless partner also has a real job, wife, dogs...
