Performance Enhancing Drugs In Sport Essay

In the world of sports, there are many substances and methods of increasing performance on the field. Most competitive sports test for these performance enhancing drugs and methods to make sure that it is an even playing field but many do not test for recreational drugs or for other substances. They should test for these substances because it could negatively impact the player’s performance on field, if the players are using these drugs and substances it could be breaking their contract and many people including kids look up to these players and it may make it look like taking drugs is ok.

In it’s current state, the AFL and many other leagues test for performance enhancing drugs to make sure no one has an unfair advantage on the field. Many of these leagues don’t however test for recreational drugs and substances, many of which are illegal and can have negative effects on the players. If
Recently the NRL has been cracking down on random drug testing and is implementing certain measures to make sure players are educated about drugs and it is no longer up to the club to test for drugs. These new measures introduce an Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) program, a new test method developed during the London Olympics to detect Human Growth Hormone. An ABP is an electronic record of an athlete's biological values that is developed over time from multiple collections of blood and urine samples, it aims to identify enhancement of oxygen transport or any other form of blood transfusion or manipulation. It makes sure players and clubs are unaware of the timing of the tests and cannot prepare for them. Most of the players also support random drug testing to make sure that none of their teammates or opponents is taking performance-enhancing drugs or illicit drugs that may hinder their