  The relative contributions to the valence nuclear EMC effect in the deuteron
arising from off-shell effects and Fermi motion are examined in models which
include nuclear binding and off-shell effects. Contrary to expectations, the
effect of Fermi motion overwhelms the off-shell effects for nucleons in
short-range correlations (SRCs), calling into question the hypothesized causal
connection between SRCs and the EMC effect.
