Steroid Should Be Banned

For many years, the will to win has driven many athletes to take unscrupulous measures towards earning that gold medal. It’s not unheard of for people to resort to the use of steroids as a gap closer between them and their goal. It’s this case that should allow former dopers to have another shot at taking home a trophy after undergoing penalties. Making a mistake is an experience, and having been offered redemption towards these mistakes offers time to learn over not being able to at all. The pressure is on knowing that the Olympics games are just around the corner. It’s this time that athletes everywhere face the impending reality of competition after having dedicated years of building to their ideal physique. This stress could very well drive many to give into the help of drugs for that
extra assurance needed to wake up the day of the games. It would be lying to say representing a whole nation doesn’t come with a degree of uncertainty. This low level of confidence clouds proper judgment, and in desperation, may drive athletes to use unethical methods of performance enhancing drugs. Punishing these people using a permanent ban will only withhold them from ever correcting themselves. With such a mistake requiring risky action against regulation, the option for a second chance should be available for those wanting redemption. After having served say, suspension time, the athlete would be given the opportunity to not create the same error again. There seems to be a shortcut for everything nowadays. With a sum of money, these shortcuts can seem too good to pass up. In this case, the availability of over the counter steroids is simply too tempting to not take home and pop a few pills to help with the morning’s competition. The fact that so many are using these drugs show how easy it is to abuse the use of these body-enhancing drugs. To shrug away from these is like declining an answer to an important test coming up. To forever refuse re-entry of those disqualified accepting this answer is refusing to ever offer another test for the chance to raise their grade. Turning away a possible star for life over something that could be atoned for is potential wasted.
A person fully capable of many wonders, only to be held down by a ban over a common error, would be forever haunted by the thought of having lost so many opportunities for themselves and others. The moment that people are held from showing their best through redemption is the moment people are missing out on what they could truly achieve. To keep from limiting people the option to achieve great things, a second chance is in order for anyone willing to put the effort in achieving their goal. To be banned from the Olympics means possibly losing the perfect model for the next sports star. Offering the choice towards making a comeback after doing wrong is just how people learn. The debate over how dopers should be punished continues to be a popular topic amongst major sports groups. The urge to cheat over different reasons in something so important is just a common practice that’s almost inevitable when it comes to managing large competitions. In life, people are offered second chances in order to atone for the wrong they’ve done as to how it should be in the world of
sports.