Isn't the point of compensation being mainly in stock options part of having "skin in the game"? If I was granted 100k shares at $10/share, even if market valu

Isn't the point of compensation being mainly in stock options part of having "skin in the game"? If I was granted 100k shares at $10/share, even if market values it higher, it costs me something to excercise them up front, right?