When a major record label signs a contract with a band

When a major record label signs a contract with a band, the label assumes considerable financial risk. It pays for videos, album art, management, and promotions. Hence, the band does not need to assume nearly as much risk as it would if it produced its own records independently. For this reason, it is only fair for a major label to take a large portion of the profits from the record sales of any band signed with it.

Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the argument by the claim that a band signed with a major label does not need to assume nearly as much risk as it would if it produced its own records independently?

(A) It is the only conclusion that the argument attempts to establish.
(B) It is one of two unrelated conclusions, each of which the same premises are used to support.
(C) It is a general principle from which the argument’s conclusion follows as a specific instance.
(D) It describes a phenomenon for which the rest of the argument offers an explanation.
(E) Premises are used to support it, and it is used to support the main conclusion.