It also has an interesting story under the title - Why do we accept sporting talent so readily?
I would hazard a guess that we approve of sporting talent because it ultimately entertains us and because we can understand it and because we can understand it we admire it even if we can never achieve it. On the other hand, if someone is a brilliant physicist and there is a competition of physicists, who would attend since most likely even other physicists studying a different topic would have trouble understanding. Kind of like watching a spelling bee in another language.
