Several surveys have shown that skis purchased by competitive skiers are the biggest influence on customers buying skis. Thus, all the innovation made by manufacturers in skis is limited by what is stipulated by the committee of the winter olympics, the rule-setter for ski competitors, and any innovation, which will be deemed unfair by the committee, is avoided.

Which of the following is an assumption made by the ski manufacturers?

A) Low-end skis that require no innovation are not popular at al.
B) Competitive skiers do not buy skis that violate the Winter Olympics committee stipulations, even when they are skiing out of competititons.
C) The winter olympics committee does not support innovation.
D) Skis are bought by people of all ages.
E) Innovations in skis are not driven by ski manufacturers but by designers.
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