To encourage each student athlete to remain at one institution throughout his or her four years of eligibility, the intercollegiate rules committee drafted a new rule mandating that students who transfer to a different college wait a year before representing that new college in athletics. The mother of one such athlete thought the rule was unfair because the time off would cause her son’s skills to atrophy and thus damage his chance to pursue a professional career.
The mother assumes that
A. she would have advised her son not to transfer if she had known about the rule
B. all professional athletes owe their success to the playing experience they received in college
C. the rules committee is made up of former college athletes who understand how difficult it is to balance scholarship with athletics
D. it is uncommon for someone with no collegiate experience to thrive at the professional level
E. her son has no place else to play during his one-year suspension
OA E
Source: Princeton Review
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Premise: The intercollegiate rules committee drafted a new rule mandating that students who transfer to a different college wait a year before representing that new college in athletics.
Conclusion: The mother of one such athlete thought the rule was unfair because the time would cause her son's skills to atrophy and thus damage his chance to pursue a professional career.
Option A - Incorrect:
The mother only expressed her thought as regards the new rule.
Option B - Incorrect:
The passage assumption is centered on the drafting of new rules by the intercollegiate committee in a way of encouraging each student athlete to remain at one institution throughout their four years of eligibility, and not on the professional athletes' success.
Option C - Incorrect:
This assumption is irrelevant to the passage's assumption. We are not concerned about those who constituted the committee.
Option D - Incorrect:
This claim has nothing to do with the passage assumption.
Option E - Correct:
In reference to the drafting of the new rules by the intercollegiate committee, each student athlete that transfers to a different college will have to wait a year in the college because he/she can represent the new college in athletes. This, therefore, implies that the student cannot play during his/her one year of wait.
Conclusion: The mother of one such athlete thought the rule was unfair because the time would cause her son's skills to atrophy and thus damage his chance to pursue a professional career.
Option A - Incorrect:
The mother only expressed her thought as regards the new rule.
Option B - Incorrect:
The passage assumption is centered on the drafting of new rules by the intercollegiate committee in a way of encouraging each student athlete to remain at one institution throughout their four years of eligibility, and not on the professional athletes' success.
Option C - Incorrect:
This assumption is irrelevant to the passage's assumption. We are not concerned about those who constituted the committee.
Option D - Incorrect:
This claim has nothing to do with the passage assumption.
Option E - Correct:
In reference to the drafting of the new rules by the intercollegiate committee, each student athlete that transfers to a different college will have to wait a year in the college because he/she can represent the new college in athletes. This, therefore, implies that the student cannot play during his/her one year of wait.
