Lol,o.k here we go again.Lets see if we can shed some light on this again.
I looked up #11 and here it is
11. CONTESTANTS MUST REMAIN IN BOAT: Contestants must not depart the boat to land fish or to make the boat more accessible to fishing waters. Boats must remain in tournament waters during tournament days. Contestants must leave and return to official checkpoint by boat. Both competitors must remain in boat at all times except in case of dire emergency. In such an emergency, competitors may be removed from their boat to: A boat operated by other competitors or a rescue boat. Fish can be transferred with boater staying with boat. Partners must remain together at all times, in sight of each other and each other's catch under the conditions cited above, in order for their catch of that day to be scored in the tournament. If a competitor must violate any of the above conditions (to contact a tournament official by phone or other means or to report an emergency or breakdown), both competitors must cease fishing at this point, and their catch must be verified by a tournament official in order to be counted in the tournament. If after the emergency situation is resolved by tournament officials and enough time is left for the competitors to resume fishing, a RESTART will be allowed and the competitors will continue and their catch will be counted. This applies only to dire emergency situations. Tailoring of boats during tournament hours is prohibited, except by the direction of tournament officials.

I must be missing something here because I`m not sure what your refering to.They only mention of transfering fish says you have to stay with your boat,which we do.If its the boat must remain in tourney waters,we are when we get to our spot.Plus we know these things mentioned are designed for real boats with engines,so my opinion is your kinda grasping here,no offense intended.
2.oars are only allowed on running lakes,clear lake and sonoma so that advantage in nil.

True but this only applies to SCBBC. Currently BNT is not allowing running. Do you think that my suggestions would help for those tournaments hosted by BNT?
Sure,but what I`ve witnessed during your tourneys is that everybody has a pontoon that I can think of?I think if this is an issue for your club I would give the float tuber a 10 minute head start or whatever you guys think is fair timewise.
3.transporting fish doesn`t harm them anymore than you putting them on your livewell on your kickboat as long as an aireator.sp. and some fish additive is used.in fact i`ve had fish in my basket on the verge of croaking come back to life after being in the livewell with fresh oxygen and an additive of some sort.

It is my perception that runners brought in a lot more dead fish than non-runners at the last open. Unforunately stats on dead fish do not appear to be on the public pages so this is impossible to validate this perception with actual counts.

You can trust me on this one,no b.s.As far as the deadfish at the open go,I honestly dont know the count.But I do know that one guy made a livewell error that resulted in deadfish and I also know that some fish brought to the release boat were pretty much doa but they tried to revive them on the hopes they would comeback to life,where did those fish come from?who knows.
4.having honey holes is part of tourney fishing and doing your homework,otherwise you might as well go to a trout farm.

That is you opinion which I respect. Learning to fish a specific area on a body of water also requires skill and homework.
Your right this is a matter of opinion and your also right it does take skill to master a smaller area also.On smaller bodies of water you know you`ll find the fish somewhere because you can cover the whole lake.When your restricted on an area at clear lake for instance,you may get stuck on a spot that hardly has any fish and your fishing water that has been picked by several anglers sure its a challenge but not much fun in my opinion.How do ya think the big boys at the clear lake bassmasters next month would feel if they were told they can only fish soda bay for the tourney?It would be a challenge thats for sure,but I dont think they would have very many guys sign up.