Power and performance sports are dominant today primarily because they
A. emphasize competition and validate the status of wealthy people.
B. enable powerful people to use their physical skills to dominate others.
C. promote popular ideas about human evolution and progress.
D. are associated with beliefs about the need for progressive political action.
Answer: A
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