Question

Read the sentence from the student’s draft text.

Joshua Perry decided to retire from playing professional football at only 24 years old.

Select the sentence the student should use to BEST elaborate on the evidence used to support the opinion that professional football is too dangerous to athletes.


AMost players retire later in their careers, but this didn’t deter Perry from making his decision.
BPerry knew that concussions received on the field could affect him long term and believed that his life-long health was more important than continuing to play football.
CThis is surprising because I have never played football, and my dad is already forty-seven years old, and he hasn’t retired from his job yet.
DThis means that Joshua Perry decided to retire at a young age while other athletes were still playing football in the National Football League.

Answer 1

B

It directly links Perry’s early retirement to concern about concussions and long-term health risks, which supports the claim that professional football is too dangerous. The other choices either restate the fact, are irrelevant, or don’t explain the danger.