medium · GMAT Verbal
The local professional basketball team recently signed a superstar player to a record-breaking contract. The team's management claims that the increased ticket sales generated by the player's popularity will more than cover the cost of his salary.
Which of the following is a necessary assumption for the management's claim?
- The superstar player will not suffer a season-ending injury or other serious physical setback at any point during his first year with the team.
- The added ticket revenue will not be offset by a significant decline in revenue from other sources, such as television broadcasting rights.
- The added ticket revenue generated by the player's popularity will exceed his total annual salary by a margin of at least a full fifty percent.
- The team will manage to win noticeably more regular-season games this coming season than it did during the previous full season.
- No other player currently on the team's active playing roster is paid an annual salary that is higher than the new superstar player's.
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