[33girl]

I think AlphaPhiBubbles is on the right track. If you can kick a football 90 yards, you'll get on the team, even if you have a horrible personality. If you can paint like Van Gogh, you'll get to exhibit your work, even if you haven't taken a shower since Nixon was in office.

Greeks choose people on things that are intangible, things like sports and art are tangible. Of course when it's things like art and music it's someone's opinion, but those people have to answer for their decision - i.e. if you pick someone to write for the paper and they suck, the person who chose them will have to answer to their superiors. So they're not going to choose someone they can't stand behind.

The big difference of course is that when you have to live with someone, you don't want to pick someone you can't stand.