Broadcasting a professional football game allows many members of the public to see the game free of charge, and these broadcasts generally do not affect ticket sales. The team owner of a small arena football team has decided to increase interest in the team by transmitting the games over the Internet. Owners of other sports teams have disagreed with this action, contending that
fans of the arena team will not want to attend games if they can instead watch the games on the Internet. However, the arena team owner believes that fans may become interested in the team by seeing the games on the Internet, and these individuals will be more likely to purchase tickets.
In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?
A. The first is a justification that is opposed by the arena team owner’s conclusion; the second is that conclusion.
B. The first recognizes a factor that supports the arena team owner’s plan; the second is a consideration again of that plan.
C. The first is a forecast in support of the arena team owner; the second is data against that forecast.
D. The first is a system of causality that the arena team owner predicts will be applicable to the situation at hand; the second is a general principle that the arena team owner believes is factual.
E. The first is data that strengthens the strategy of the arena team owner; the second represents a pattern of causality that validates the strategy.
Broadcasting a professional football game allows many members of the public to see the game free of charge, and these broadcast generally do not effect ticket sales. The team owner of a small arena football team has decided to increase interest in the team by transmitting the games over the internet. Owners of other sports teams have disagreed with this action, contending that fans of the arena team will not want to attend games if they can instead watch the games on the internet. However, the arena team owner believes that fans may become interested in the team by seeing the games on the internet, and these individuals will be more likely to purchase tickets.
In the argument above the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?
A. The first is a justification that is opposed by the arena team owner's conclusion; the second is that conclusion.
B. The first recognizes a factor that supports the arena team owner's plan; the second is a consideration again of that plan.
C. The first is a forecast in support of the arena team owner; the second is data against that forecast.
D. The first is a system of causality that the arena team owner predicts will be applicable to the situation in hand; the second is a general principal that the arena team owner believes is factual.
E. The first is data that strengthens the strategy of the arena team owner; the second represents the pattern of causality that validates the strategy.