For young folks, there's little risk and opportunity cost but with zero experience likelihood of success is small.
For older folks, there's more risk and opportunity cost but with more experience and connections likelihood of success is greater.
This isn't a penal system, this is a distribution system. Being young isn't the prerequisite to success. Everyone harps and focuses on it because of that trait is unique (remember, likelihood is small) in an otherwise older folks dominated field (remember, likelihood is bigger).
For young folks, there's little risk and opportunity cost but with zero experience likelihood of success is small.
For older folks, there's more risk and opportunity cost but with more experience and connections likelihood of success is greater.
This isn't a penal system, this is a distribution system. Being young isn't the prerequisite to success. Everyone harps and focuses on it because of that trait is unique (remember, likelihood is small) in an otherwise older folks dominated field (remember, likelihood is bigger).