Read the paragraph below and answer the question that follows.

1my name is jonathan cross. 2i am a member of the basketball team at carter high school. 3because of budget cuts, our school is unable to pay costs for new uniforms for our team. 4as a result, the team is seeking other sponsors to fund our new uniforms. 5i am writing to request that you consider sponsoring our team. 6as a sponsor, your company name would be featured on our uniforms.

which of the following assertions is made about the topic in the paragraph?

donating uniforms will the team.
donating uniforms will the sponsor.
benefits are greater than costs for donating uniforms.
costs are greater than benefits for donating uniforms.
none of the above
the paragraph makes no assertions because it has no thesis.