Uhm... no. Are you jelly or such, it's looking like you really are.

It's just a command ("sethat hatname") they have to do, and the uploads they get aren't as dramatic as you tell us about.

Anyways, if you consider this as "special treatment" then... yes, they should get special treatments on their staff accounts. Why? Because they volunteer for a game they play, spend lot of work and time in it and they don't get paid real money.