If you are trying to gain interest for a sport why make it unreachable for the common man?
That’s all.
Just like Indy car, right? Or NASCAR? Nobody watches that.
Please tell me - how is the very highest level reachable IN ANY SPORT for the common man? The very nature of the top level is that very VERY few can participate at that highest level. How is this any different?
Most sports exclude based on genetics. Willie shoemaker would have had trouble on an NFL line. Neither could Reggie White have successfully ridden in the Kentucky Derby. But if you watch any sport you watch what is even more inaccessible to the common man than sailing.
Oh, the top level you say? America's cup? Well, what is the limiting factor? What is the nature of the exclusion?
Good luck with the response. In hold-em I believe this is called "the nuts". You may want to fold.