Finish your sentence, Jerry.
"I never had anything I wanted that I couldn't get by paying enough money."
And that has always been the problem, Jerry. There are some things for which money is no good, it just doesn't matter.
In competitive sports the currency isn't just cash. That is only what you are spending but it isn't what everyone else is spending.
The players are spending endless hours of their time. They are spending every ounce of their physical ability, They are sacrificing a far less demanding lifestyle doing something else.
The coaches are spending decades of experience and hard work through rocky careers, the constant ups and downs of victory and defeat.
You can't buy what they want. They want to show the world that they are the best at what they do. The only way they can do that is BE the best that they can be.
They can't do that with you around.
Your money won't win a championship, but your absence would be a good start.