Drugs in the sports world as you can see tarnish gameplay and damages a lot of athletes careers just off of one bad decision that they decided to make. The athletes discussed didn’t even need to do none of the following drugs and they could of have a the same successful careers by just working harder and having more faith in their selves. Athletes should go the extra mile to promoting not to do drugs to influence the younger generations and to also go the distance to influencing their own teammates. Drugs causes the downfall of athletes that had so much potential in their careers. The side effects of all drugs are horrible and no athletes should not want to experience those side effects. It’s always better to actually train properly and develop your body naturally instead of putting drugs in you system because at the end of the day no sport last you a lifetime. Sports are made for people to learn valuable lessons in life and to have fun with it. Putting drugs in your systems to gain a competitive edge in sports is pointless because of how they can cause you to have lifetime problems just because you wanted a bigger edge. Life is bigger than sports and it’s important that the youth and athletes know that it shouldn’t be a time where you need drugs to be dominant in sports. There are plenty of athletes that are very talented and don’t need any drugs to maintain their great performances. Drugs will always remain a…
In “When It Comes to Doping, Pro Football Punts,” Fran Tarkenton questions the light shed on certain professional sports due to performance-enhancing drugs. While baseball, cycling, and track and field have been riddled with stories of performance-enhancing drugs, football has managed to remain unscathed throughout the years. Tarkenton’s article in the Wall Street Journal targets all sports enthusiast who care that football is a sport that is slowly getting taken over by performance-enhancing drugs, and the players are paying the ultimate price for the entertainment of others. Through the use of several persuasive strategies, Tarkenton creates an effective argument on the issue of footballs transformation throughout the years and the consequences that have arisen since.…
The 1980s was a decade of excess. Ronald Reagan was just elected President in what was known as the greatest prosperous years in American history. As America became richer drugs became more popular amongst the poor and the rich alike. The stock market was booming, and Wall Street was filled with a new breed of achievers, called yuppies. People were making money and lots of it, which prompted a more drug fueled lifestyle. That influx of drugs in the population affected sports in many ways.…
As children, many people are introduced to the famous quote by late National Football League coach, Vince Lombardi, which is "winning isn 't everything; it 's the only thing" (Voy 204). Sports have always been about winning; however, some professional and amateur athletes take this simple saying too literally and it changes their outlook on their profession. As high school and even middle school athletes, they start to take drugs in order to be accepted, or to better their performance on the playing field (Louria n.pag). Once theses athletes reach the college level; they experiment, and are surrounded by even more drugs in order to get any advantage. It is not fair that one athlete can work hard in order to improve his performance, but then have another athlete improve more than him due to being wired on cocaine or bulked up on steroids. Also, Robert Voy states that drug use today is the biggest threat to the Olympics ideal, thus the Olympics and many other professional organizations are turning to drug testing. Testing is a huge controversy today because many believe that it violates one 's right of privacy; however, if there is no testing, many athletes will continue to have an unfair advantage to non drug users (180). Furthermore, it injures the user because it will result in mood changes, and it will hurt their health, if not immediately, then it will later on in their life. The chance of being caught using drugs is so small compared to the achievements one will have while using drugs which is so vast. No athlete should have an unfair advantage, these advantages only promote drug use, which many athletes believe it is a necessary means in today 's time. The only way to have the use of drugs decrease is to have mandatory drug testing across the board for all athletes.…
In my book, we follow the life of a high school football player. His name is Miles the plays linebacker. He has somewhat of a hard life. His father is always on him to do his best in football because the wants him to go farther in life than he did. His mother is a caring and loving lady that helps him no matter what. His friend Zach is a decent kid until basically forces Miles to take steroids saying that they were like caffeine pills. Miles soon finds out that the rest of the team was taking steroids. Miles is confused whether the should continue take the steroids even though he know the affect they have on your body.…
Through the history of sports there has always been cheating. Cheating in sports has always been a topic for conversations, controversy and debates. It seems that cheating currently is at the highest point, and will not go down anytime soon. With the fast development of technology and medical science it seems that drug use in sports will increase. The line between acceptable and unacceptable will be harder to determine as it takes time to make proper tests. There are various different motives for someone to cheat. Some sportsmen cheated because of the pressure to be the best. Some cheated for money and some of them cheat because they simply want to have fun. Regardless of the reasons, it seems that the cheating has only increased and will continue to increase even more as…
Every athlete has the motivation to always strive for success, the drive to win and be the best weather its in high school, college, or the pros. Every athlete will try to get just a little bit bigger, stronger, faster, try to increase the amount of weights they lift by just a few pounds. They will try to become the best of the best, try to be better than any athlete before them. As athletes are getting stronger, faster, and ultimately genetically kore advanced it gets hard for anyone in specific to really stand out and compete. To achieve these goals many athletes will take extreme measures and turn to performance enhancing drugs such as steroids. The use of performance enhancing drugs is becoming more and more popular among athletes, many of them don't…
A sport that is considered free of performance-enhancing drugs tends to have a good reputation, especially when compared to sports such as cycling and swimming where the use of performance-enhancing drugs is considered rife. By permitting the use of performance-enhancing drugs, the public perception of these drugs, especially surrounding youth, could be flipped, with people believing that it is ‘okay’ and ‘normal’ to use drugs that are very bad for a persons health. Recent statistics from the Health Research Funding organisation show that, among American teenagers who use steroids, 60% were encouraged into practice because of a professional that was taking these drugs. All of these teenagers went on to say that it was the right of a professional athlete to be able to use these drugs, no matter the cost to their…
Many people do not see the severity of drug use in professional and High School athletics. Drug use in professional athletics is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem, but also very discrete and low key. Every once in a while and individual might see a prominent figure in a certain sport being reprimanded for the use of an outlawed drug. However , that athlete may just be one of the many who happened to get caught. Athletes today seem to find no moral problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, or in other words, cheating. Athletes feel that because they are "stars" there should be no repercussions for their illegal activity. Today, drug use in sports has reached enormous proportions in society and destroying athletics from the ground up. The use of steroids and other performance enhancement drugs also effects athletes at the high school level. It does not matter how good the athlete is, a zero-tolerance policy should be in place at all levels of competition.…
In the article “Male College students believe taking performance-enhancing Drugs for sports is more unethical than using stimulants to Improve grades, according to new study,” author Audrey Hamilton argues that male college students believe that it is more of a necessity to use prescription drugs for success than using steroids. In this short rebuttal it will attempt to analyze the reliability, credibility, and the validity of the data. This will also identify any logical fallacies in the argument.…
Nearly one in every ten retired NFL players has admitted to using steroids or “doping” during their professional career. Numerous other competitive sports have athletes repeatedly pumping strength-building substances into their bodies from day to day. The harsh consequences and possible suspension from the game does not faze them as they continue to put themselves in danger of the deadly side effects.…
When watching someone participate in any sport, the audience thinks about how much effort was put into practicing, and not what the player smoked to gain their superhuman stamina. In sports, the competitors need to practice to become better, not default to who has the money to buy the best drugs. Performance enhancing drugs may help during a couple of games, but it’s not worth putting so many lives at risk. Forest Tennant JR., who is an NFL drug adviser, has estimated that half of all professional athletes have been exposed to drugs in their careers.…
It always raises an eye when an average athlete suddenly becomes the fastest or the strongest in their sport; in many cases they have stopped depending on talent and now rely on a performance- enhancing drug for success. Substance abuse in sports is shown to be common because of their benefits, various scandals in the media, and new polices companies have now had to implement. The act of "doping" or the use of an enhancing-drug has become a social norm though out all sports.…
Drug abuse is a major problem in our society as a whole and increasingly within our youth. In recent years, many school districts have implemented student athlete drug testing programs within their schools. Athletes were targeted because student athletics are voluntary and the "athletes are often held to higher standards than other students, keeping their grades up for example" (Tantillo, Wen & Morgo, 1995, p. A22).…
Drug use in sports now puts all of this at risk. Drug use puts the lives and health of our athletes at…