I was in the marching band in high school. After two years in the band, we were given varsity letters. The principal made a big fuss because we weren't "athletes", and therefore should not be allowed to wear our letters on varsity jackets. He wanted us to wear letters that were a different color and on cheap-ass windbreakers instead. He said allowing band members to wear their letters the same as athletes "cheapened" the award.
Of course, the pom-pom squad got to wear their letters with pride, because jumping around with mopheads and flashing your panties at the crowd is a much more demanding talent than playing a musical instrument while sprinting backwards and changing directions on a dime.
But I digress...
Given an infinite amount of time, everyone will eventually get it anyway, so what's the problem?
Hey, how's about we put labels on the drops, so the people who get it first can have the low number label to let everyone know they got it before everyone else?