According to the ARRL DXCC Rules, it is clear that the DXCC program is primarily intended for individual operators and, as such, that DXCC is a personal award, not a station award.
https://www.arrl.org/dxcc-rulesHere's an example of a recent DXCC Certificate
https://wb4son.com/wpblog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/DXCC160m.jpgIt certifies that a named operator, Robert M. Beattie WB4SON, has "submitted evidence ... showing evidence of two-way communications with other amateur stations ..."
The DXCC rules address the requirement for ethical operation -
"Peer attention has always been a part of awards chasing, of course,
but in these times with so many awards and so many players it is
more important than ever to 'play the game' ethically."
"Exemplary conduct is expected of all amateur radio operators
participating in the DXCC program."
The DXCC rules do not excuse, or make allowance for, other operators having done the operating for, or on behalf of, the operator to whom the award is made. In particular, Rule 10 includes "Contacts may be made from other stations provided they are personally made by the licensee. The intent of this rule is to prohibit credit for contacts made for you by another operator from another location."
The 3Y0J log may be inspected here -
https://clublog.org/charts/?c=3Y0JIt shows that the log includes one or more "contacts" with each of four members of the 3Y0J team. They are -
KO8SCA - Adrian Ciuperca
VE3LYC - Cezar-loan Trifu
NP4G - Otis Vicens
N0FW - Pete Meyer
Those contacts with 3Y0J were not, and could not have been "personally made by the licensee" from their home DXCC entities.
The fact that the call signs of 3Y0J team members appear in the team's log is proof of not playing the game ethically, and of less than exemplary conduct. Some claim this is perfectly legal, as if the word "perfectly" somehow conferred greater legitimacy to an otherwise dubious activity - making it whiter than white. However, we all know that some "perfectly legal" activities, those not specifically prohibited and deemed not to be illegal by default, may nevertheless be perfectly unethical.
As such, and for as long as their so-called contacts are included in the 3Y0J log, I consider KO8SCA, VE3LYC, NP4G and N0FW to have acted unethically and, in short, to be cheats - with specific reference to any potential DXCC claims, by them, for credit for these log entries.
Further, for as long as 3Y0J team members, collectively, fail to remove those log entries, they must be considered to be enablers of cheating.
It might help the integrity of the DXCC program if, when presented with incontrovertible evidence of rule-breaking or unethical behaviour, the ARRL DXCC Desk and/or the ARRL DX Advisory Committee elected to uphold their own rules.
73,
Paul EI5DI