Yeah I've just graduated too, and although it's cheeky, for someone like me, it's another thing to chuck in the portfolio, which I think is always useful, it's just like entering any other design competition, even though you might not win, it's still worth giving it a go.
Exactly, although a pair of pads are useless to me as I'm running DD, it's still something that most people on here would be very interested in, so why not offer them up as payment, after all we're all on here because we all share an interest in the same sport, so offering pads is just as good as money to most.