Your use of the word “overcome” concedes the argument.
In a fair game, the ground rules are the same for all participants, and one player does not have to overcome a built-in disadvantage in the ground rules.
But the rules are the same for everyone. That’s the point. Your problem is that you’re approaching this like a socialist. Somehow, if one team has more money than another, you find that unfair.
What is this? Occupy Baseball?
Dude....do you work at the U.N.?