Critical Reasoning

Shirla: In figure skating competitions that allow amateur and professional skaters to compete against each other, the professionals are bound to have an unfair advantage. After all, most of them became professional only after success on the amateur circuit.

Ron: But that means that it's been a long time since they've had to meet the more rigorous technical standards of the amateur circuit.

Which of the following is most likely a point at issue between Shirla and Ron?

A. Whether there should be figure skating competitions that allow amateur and professional skaters to compete against each other

B. Whether the scores of professional skaters competing against amateurs should be subject to adjustment to reflect the special advantages of professionals

C. Whether figure skaters can successfully become professional before success on the amateur circuit

D. Whether the technical standards for professional figure skating competition are higher than those for amateur figure skating competition

E. Whether professional figure skaters have an unfair advantage over amateur figure skaters in competitions in which they compete against each other


OA E

Source: Official Guide