Bounties a good way to spice up tournament poker?

[baggins]

If I'm not mistaken, it seems the Shooting Stars tourney at Bay 101 which was featured on the WPT tonight had bounties placed on several Professional Name players.

I got to thinking that this might be a good way to spice up tournament poker. The 'pros' (actually, it should be offered to all players, now that I think about it more) could choose whether they wanted a bounty to be put on their stack. I'd think this would assure them more action, and would give the 'no-name' players a bonus as well. I mean, you win cold hard cash if you take out a bounty player. most of the players are usually dead money, and this would be a nice way for them to not lose their entire buy in and keep them playing more tournaments. seems like it could draw a bigger prize pool, as well.

any thoughts on this?