Performance Enhancing Drugs Summary

Although Fry has provided the reader with many reasons as to why performance enhancing drugs should be allowed, many believe otherwise. In the article, “Performance-Enhancing Drugs: Where Should the Line be Drawn and by Whom,” by one of the country’s most famous sport psychiatrists and well renowned writer Michael Lardon, he argues the use of performance enhancing drugs has become universal, thus causing a plethora of complex issues for the administrative officials of detail oriented sports. Lardon supports his main argument with an extemporary example when he states, “In sports like golf or pistol shooting, where a steady hand is critical, beta blockers provide a performance-enhancing function that combats the normal physiologic tremor…Conversely,
This would be persistent with resources and a spectrum of alternative performance boosting technologies currently used today. However, in the article, “The Fight Against Doping,” by IOC (International Olympics Committee) president Juan Samaranch, he argues that, “Doping is not only a danger for the health of athletes, it also constitutes a form of cheating which we cannot accept” (190). As the leader of a major organization, Samaranch uses this powerful and passionate statement to show the reader that the IOC takes the issue of performance enhancing drugs in sports seriously and will not grant any leeway. The use of this quote to counter Fry’s point presented in his article has sufficiently persuaded the audience into taking Samaranch side on the topic simply due to the credibility Samaranch has acquired over the years. Overall, Samaranch has done a stand up job utilizing the rhetorical strategy of ethos and pathos in order to strengthen his views regarding the use of performance enhancing drugs in high-leveled