Steroids Essay
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The Use of Steroids and Cheating in Sports affect the way sports are played today because due to the use of steroids Major League Baseball and the Player’s Association announced a new drug testing agreement that asserted the passage of pending congressional legislation. (NYTIMES). The agreement has been seen as a meaningful step in curbing the use of performance enhancing drugs in professional baseball and other sports. There have been several athletes who have been caught using steroids, so the Player’s Association had to make things more strict on athletes playing Major League Sports. Two athletes that I specifically feel had a deep impact on changing the way sports are played due to steroid use are Lance Armstrong and Barry Bonds. Barry Bonds was drafted by the San Francisco Giants as a senior in high-school. (Bonds,Np). He was a magnificent player. Barry had seven MVP awards the most in history of baseball. That is until he ruined his career by getting caught using steroids. Bond’s was charge with perjury and obstruction of justice in the matter of his testimony in the BALCO steroid affair. Barry lost a lot of fans after this affair and people started to view baseball differently. People were regarding his all time league record. (Bonds,Np). Many hated Barry after this occasion, it was said that he ruined the sport and some fans said they would never watch baseball again. Boyd 2
Barry said, “ It is hoped in the near future that the reputation of baseball can be separated from the performance of enhancing drugs, in other words steroids.”(Bonds,NYTIMES). Now today in Major League Baseball and also in every sport in the world athletes have random drug test at anytime to make sure no one is doing any sort of drugs. Barry allegedly used Clomid a drug prescribe for women for infertility. He ignored the fact that it was for women. After Bonds first use of drugs he got addicted and started using more. After awhile Barry felt inflexible and had a
The Use of Steroids and Cheating in Sports affect the way sports are played today because due to the use of steroids Major League Baseball and the Player’s Association announced a new drug testing agreement that asserted the passage of pending congressional legislation. (NYTIMES). The agreement has been seen as a meaningful step in curbing the use of performance enhancing drugs in professional baseball and other sports. There have been several athletes who have been caught using steroids, so the Player’s Association had to make things more strict on athletes playing Major League Sports. Two athletes that I specifically feel had a deep impact on changing the way sports are played due to steroid use are Lance Armstrong and Barry Bonds. Barry Bonds was drafted by the San Francisco Giants as a senior in high-school. (Bonds,Np). He was a magnificent player. Barry had seven MVP awards the most in history of baseball. That is until he ruined his career by getting caught using steroids. Bond’s was charge with perjury and obstruction of justice in the matter of his testimony in the BALCO steroid affair. Barry lost a lot of fans after this affair and people started to view baseball differently. People were regarding his all time league record. (Bonds,Np). Many hated Barry after this occasion, it was said that he ruined the sport and some fans said they would never watch baseball again. Boyd 2
Barry said, “ It is hoped in the near future that the reputation of baseball can be separated from the performance of enhancing drugs, in other words steroids.”(Bonds,NYTIMES). Now today in Major League Baseball and also in every sport in the world athletes have random drug test at anytime to make sure no one is doing any sort of drugs. Barry allegedly used Clomid a drug prescribe for women for infertility. He ignored the fact that it was for women. After Bonds first use of drugs he got addicted and started using more. After awhile Barry felt inflexible and had a