Alex Rodriguez Research Paper

Baseball player Alex Rodriguez went from having a salary of twenty nine million to ending his career shortly, all because of the embarrassment of using Performance Enhancement Drugs (P.E.D.). He was caught using a banned substance and it cost him a season of baseball. Performance Enhancement Drugs are any type of drug that an athlete can take to increase the abilities or performance of themselves. The punishments for violating the Drug policy in sports should be intensified because of the damage done to the person, damage done to the game, and so the athlete can learn their lesson.
The first reason why these punishments should be intensified is to reduce the damage done to the athlete or individual. Any type of P.E.D. is harmful to the human body in the long run. Some specific effects of long term use can be Acne, Gynecomastia (increased breast tissue in
Many athletes that have low punishments the first time are more likely to do it again than others. If the punishment were to be intensified they would never think of doing it again. An example would be Josh Gordon, football player who was punished 10 games and did it again, this time a whole season, and after that he went into therapy. He lost a lot of fans after his mistakes because fans like the creativity and the abilities to make the game better within their limits, and when drugs are involved it shapes the limits in a bad way (Rothman 5).
Overall, I proved that drugs are a huge problem in sports today and need to be eliminated. In order to do that, we need to intensify the punishments for violating the drug policy because of all the damage drugs do to the game, athlete, and so the athlete or athletes can learn their lesson. With many voices from the fan base, we will bring the PED’s crashing down. If this happens players will not be tempted to cheat, and in doing so will not lose money, fans, and future