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?
Whether there should be figure skating competitions that allow amateur and professional skaters to compete against each other
Whether the scores of professional skaters competing against amateurs should be subject to adjustment to reflect the special advantages of professionals
Whether figure skaters can successfully become professional before success on the amateur circuit
Whether the technical standards for professional figure skating competition are higher than those for amateur figure skating competition
Whether professional figure skaters have an unfair advantage over amateur figure skaters in competitions in which they compete against each other
Shirla argues that because professional figure skaters who compete against amateur skaters will already have had success on the amateur circuit, the professionals will have an unfair advantage over the amateurs.
Ron, points out that this means that it has been a long time since the professionals have had to meet the more rigorous technical standards of the amateur circuit.
Ron is countering Shirla's reason for thinking that professional figure skaters would have an unfair advantage.
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