Al least you can race the athletes against each other to find out who is the best. Much hard to do that with artists. We could say we'll fund the fastest peopl

Al least you can race the athletes against each other to find out who is the best. Much hard to do that with artists. We could say we'll fund the fastest people but in all liklihood those will turn out to be people who have dedicated the most time to their sport, which is a pretty good proxy for being rich, because most people can't afford that level of time investment.