Exclusivity grants its holder fully private access to whatever. That way those inferiors out there won't sully it with their presence. Jed Rasula asks "Were the eternal verities of antiquity imperiled by the corrosive gaze of the mob, like pigment on the cave walls at Lascaux?" Accreditation/adulation help intensify the gratification of triumph. It seems to matter that you are known to have won: winning in and of itself is less when not bathed by adoration of the lower castes.